He sat with his wife’s photo, waiting for a son who had already boarded without him

new messages from Graham appeared in rapid succession. They were short, petty, and laced with panic.

Return your laptop immediately.

HR will contact you regarding asset recovery.

Your non-compete will make sure no one hires you in this industry again.

A week ago, those sentences would have crushed me. Seven years of chronic overwork had trained my nervous continue reading …