"I..." Laura's eyes brimmed with tears, her voice faltering as she hesitated to speak.
"What's that supposed to mean? What has Laura ever done to you? Why are you always targeting her like this?"
"Yeah, what do you mean by saying she offended Mr. Wilson? It's obvious he is just being unreasonable and making things hard for her!"
"Exactly! You're just trying to suck up to that sleazy manager!"
A few colleagues who got along well with Laura stood up to defend her.
"We're just stating the facts. That night at the club, she drank Mr. Wilson under the table and made him so furious he was practically spitting blood. Isn't that what you'd call offending him? Otherwise, why would he suddenly dump a ten-million-dollar sales target on our team for the week? Who could hit ten million in a week?"
