“If you don’t hand over the money, I’ll ruin your job! That job of yours—didn’t you win it against twenty thousand other applicants? I don’t believe you don’t care about it!”
See? She always knew exactly how to grab me by the throat.
I gave a bitter little laugh.
“Fine. Let’s tear the mask off, then. Let’s see who ends up humiliated. I’ll help you air this family scandal for the whole world to see!”
What they didn’t know was that half a month ago, I had already submitted my resignation. I’d accepted an offer from another city—an annual salary of 300,000 dollars.