My mother-in-law announced, “i run this store now, you’re fired,” so I smiled, called the ceo, and told him, “she has a surprise for you”…

name.

I replied once.

No. I remembered who tried to steal mine.

Then I blocked her.

The flagship remained open throughout the investigation.

My assistant became store manager.

The staff ordered a new nameplate for my corporate office, larger than the one Elaine had pulled from the counter.

I kept the old one inside my desk drawer.

Not as a wound.

As a receipt.

Elaine announced she ran the store.

All she really did was walk in and prove exactly why she never could.