Chapter 16 - Ryan’s Employer Suspends Him From The Firm
Following the disastrous court hearing, Ryan returned to his corporate office to find an administrative notice waiting. The managing partners of his financial firm called him into the glass-walled executive conference room immediately.
The firm’s senior partner slid a termination letter across the polished table without offering a handshake. “Ryan, your active involvement in a child abuse cover-up has severely damaged our firm’s public reputation,” the partner stated.
“You can’t fire me over personal family disputes that have nothing to do with corporate work!” Ryan protested angrily. “When those disputes make national news headlines and involve criminal charges, they become our business,” the partner replied coldly.
Security guards stood by the doorway holding a cardboard box containing Ryan’s personal desk items. “Please surrender your building access badge and leave the premises before we call local police for trespassing,” he instructed.
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Ryan grabbed the cardboard box, his hands shaking with blind fury as he walked past his staring coworkers. His high-flying corporate career, status symbols, and social standing were completely incinerated in a single week.
He walked out into the rain without an umbrella, realizing he had lost everything he traded his soul for.
