She Handed Her Boss A Sealed Resignation Letter, B…

to donors. Most crucially, I documented how Reginald had been systematically misrepresenting project outcomes to maintain funding streams. The Prescott grant claimed eighty percent completion when barely forty percent of milestones had been met.

The Riverside data showed declining water quality despite reports of improvement. The wetlands initiative had failed to establish baseline measurements properly, making the next phase of evaluation nearly meaningless. Everything was factual.

Everything was sourced. Everything was organized so clearly that no one could dismiss it as emotion. Throughout those weeks, colleagues noticed my changed demeanor.

“Are you okay?” Melanie from accounting asked during lunch one afternoon. We were sitting at a small table near the break room window, eating salads from the deli downstairs while rain streaked the glass. “You seem different lately.”