"Ha!" Lieutenant Layton let out a derisive laugh, his face dripping with contempt.
Had this loser snapped after hearing he was about to get fired? Where did he find the nerve to say something like that?
"I'm a department head at Vanguard Pharmaceuticals. You think I can't handle some nobody on the payroll?" Lieutenant Layton folded his arms across his chest, radiating smug superiority. He even tilted his chin up in a deliberate taunt. "Firing you is nothing more than a single word from me. I say you're out, you're out."
Before taking the head of operations role, Lieutenant Layton had held a leadership position at Venture Group. When it came to putting working-class drones in their place, nobody had more experience than him.
"Well, quite the power trip you're on, Director," Cliff said w
