A couple of young girls showed up at the office that day, and I thought to myself, 'finally, the company is hiring new staff.' That had to take some of the workload off my shoulders, right? But when I checked the messages I had sent to those senior employees a few days earlier and still saw zero replies, a tight, uneasy knot twisted in my chest. I remembered the company had logged every employee's home address at some point, right? So I snuck into Brian's office when no one was around and looked up their addresses. I planned to swing by their places after work that evening to check in. Their whole group vanishing without a word had felt off from the start, but I couldn't put my finger on exactly what was wrong. That day also happened to be our new product launch. Our company's adult t

