Three days later, I went into the office to hand over my duties.
Vanessa had already moved into my office with the air of a conquering hero. She had thrown out all the furniture and decorations, and the trophies I had lined up along one wall were tossed carelessly into a bin.
The entire department was in a state of panic.
Harper pulled me into the break room to unload her frustrations. ‘We were all guessing who would replace you as department head. We didn’t expect a genius, but we certainly didn’t expect a complete i***t. I heard from the secretarial pool that Vanessa doesn’t even know how to use the printer.’
‘For real?’
‘For real.’ Harper nodded. ‘For two days, she’s done nothing but eat snacks and play games. She downloaded some dodgy game onto her own laptop and got a
