Chapter 24 - I Leave the Mansion

I stayed one year after the foyer incident.
Exactly.
On the anniversary, I resigned.
Michael looked surprised.
“Something wrong?”
“No.”
“Pay?”
“No.”
“Management?”
“No.”
“Then why?”
I smiled.
“Because I don’t want my entire life to be the maid who stood up to Rose Ashford.”
That landed.
He stood.
Offered his hand.
I shook it.
Then he said:
“You know I can give you an extraordinary reference.”
“I expect you to.”
He laughed.
Good.
I became operations coordinator for a boutique hotel group.
Still hospitality.
Better title.
Better hours.
More importantly:
May you like
If somebody slapped me, there was an HR department before there was a marble foyer.
Progress.