Aziel was placed on administrative leave pending investigation.
Vice President Langley was temporarily stripped of all authority related to the Grand Prosperity project.
The celebration banquet ended on an entirely ugly note.
Everyone left speaking in hushed tones, as if afraid of stepping on a landmine.
After that night, the tide turned within the company very quickly.
People who had praised Aziel as a brilliant rising star the day before were now saying they had always seen his character was flawed.
Adults are masters of reading the wind.
Before the wind picks up, they all pretend to be trees.
Once it blows, they are all just grass.
Aziel called me countless times.
I blocked every single one.
Then he started sending emails.
Each subject line is more pitiful than the last.
Az
