I Got Fired in the Lobby, Then My Rival Called

was a beneficiary, not a mastermind. There’s a difference. Useless people still do damage. Sometimes more, because they don’t know where the sharp edges are.

He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out the fountain pen I’d left in my office.

My old black lacquer pen, the one with a tiny scratch near the clip.

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