When Loyalty Turns to Greed

The promotion came with a dream office, a Seattle skyline view, and a salary that made my eyes water.

But it also came with Mrs. Jenkins, my personal assistant of five years, and the difficult conversation I had to have with her.

When I told her I was relocating and she' d have three months' severance, her warm smile froze.

"A recommendation and severance won' t be enough, Sarah," she declared, her voice flat, demanding a lifetime pension or my multi-million dollar condo.

I laughed, thinking it was a joke, but her dead-serious expression sent a chill down my spine.