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When Stella stormed out, Lilian followed to go to her desk and get her laptop for the meeting.
“That was funny,” Evan said.
“No,” she said. “It wasn’t. I’m going to bear the brunt of this. Why did you get Aaron?”
“She needs to be knocked down a few pegs,” Evan said. “She’s a bitch and you know it.”
“But she’s my boss and now I’ve got to deal with this,” she said.
She walked away and went back to the conference room to do her job.
The only thing she wanted to do.
After the meeting, Stella called her into her office. Exactly what she expected would happen.
“We need to come to an understanding,” Stella said.
“We do,” she said. “I just want to do my job. I’m not out to get anyone.”
“Fine,” Stella said. “But if I feel as if you’re trying to steal my job then you will be out of one. You can get any group of people on your side that you want, but I’ve got protection that you don’t have. They won’t save you.”
Lilian frowned and didn’t know what that was about and didn’t care.
“I’m not trying to start any problems,” she said. “Again, I just want to do my job.”
“Then go do it,” Stella snapped. “Shut my door when you leave.”
She walked out and went back to her desk to get to work.
It was an hour later when Ray came over with a chair and moved next to her. He worked in another department but was on the other side of her cube.
“What can I help you with, Ray?”
Ray liked to chat with her at times. More like gossip. You could get the scoop from him whenever you wanted, but she never did. She often heard him talking with other people rather than having it spoken directly to her.
“I was close to Stella’s door earlier,” Ray said.
“Eavesdropping?” she asked, grinning. He had a habit of doing that too.
“Someone has to do it,” Ray said. “What she said is probably true. I thought I’d let you know.”
“What part is true?” she asked.
“About her having protection and you not. Though Aaron and Nate like you and the work you do, they wouldn’t get rid of Stella unless they had something ironclad that a lawyer couldn’t dispute.”
“Why?” she asked.
“Stella slept her way to her position. The guy before Aaron was terminated when the affair was discovered.”
“But not Stella?” she asked. “I’d think they’d both get in trouble if someone was going to.”
“To save herself, Stella claimed sexual harassment. That is why she did it. She threw Clint under the bus. He was terminated. Since he was married, he didn’t want to have this getting into a messy legal battle. His wife didn’t know about the affair. But Stella was able to keep her job and every time things come up that tick her off, she threatens to bring up Clint and that she could still take action.”
“That’s horrible,” Lilian said.
“Just letting you know what you’re up against. No one wants bad press,” Ray said. “Something to keep in the back of your mind.”
“Thanks for letting me know.”
