Chapter 7 - The Manager Threatens Clara With Legal Retaliation

Marcus turned his venomous glare toward Clara, pointing a shaking finger directly at her pale, trembling face.
“And as for you, ungrateful little wretch, you’re fired, and you’ll never work another service job in this city!” Marcus hissed.
Before Clara could shrink away in despair, Ethan’s heavy hand gripped Marcus’s wrist with inescapable strength.
“If you speak another word to her, you won't just lose your job; you’ll spend the next decade in federal prison,” Ethan warned.
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The surrounding diners watched in stunned silence, realizing that a major corporate storm was unfolding before their eyes.
Camera flashes from hidden smartphones captured every second of the confrontation for the digital public.
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