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Short Fiction – The Meeting

by Tina Basu
Like always he turned out to be a moron.

She absolutely despised him.

She wanted to escape this place, as soon as possible.



Rachel took a deep breath to calm down. She couldn’t believe how lecherous he could be.

She read the lines, in front, repeatedly… she had written and read them many times over last few days…   

But she knew she had to do it now. She pressed the send button before she could change her mind.

The appraisal meeting with her boss didn’t go well… she never expected it to be…
She was tired of his advances… Rachel knew he will twist everything to make her vulnerable.

Now with the resignation mail sent, she felt little better…more so because she had also remembered to mark the mail to the HR head, Director, Vice President and the CEO… Rachel made sure people knew why she was resigning.   



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Written for ABC Wednesday Round Fifteen for the letter A. My word for A is Appraisal. 
Also my Day 15 post for UBC July ’14.
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26 comments

Cindy Jones Lantier July 15, 2014 - 7:03 pm

I want to know what happens next!

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Leslie: July 15, 2014 - 11:51 pm

I agree…what happens now?

Leslie
abcw team

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embarkwithmythoughts July 15, 2014 - 11:51 pm

Sad and true. There are lot of similar people who have to quit but at times there voices are heard too! Hope they hears hers too. Good read Tina 🙂

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Anmol Rawat July 15, 2014 - 11:52 pm

She has a bright future ahead 🙂
That's what I would like to think.

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Sophie Bowns July 15, 2014 - 11:52 pm

I loved your extract. I'd really like to read more!

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thepreachersword.com July 15, 2014 - 11:52 pm

Whoa! Got us all hanging on! Waiting for the next chapter! Cool!

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Roger Owen Green July 16, 2014 - 1:42 am

TOTALLY believable, unfortunately.
ROG, ABCW

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Usha Menon July 16, 2014 - 4:25 am

She took the right step.Brave girl!

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Rajlakshmi July 16, 2014 - 8:36 am

I am glad she let others know too. Hope she will do well for herself.

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Zoe Brener July 16, 2014 - 8:37 am

🙂 I am waiting til they make me redundant due to shortage of work. Sigh, there is too much work. And I have told all of them the truth about who they are, in detail. And yet, no shortage of work. 🙂

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Reader Wil July 16, 2014 - 9:36 am

Rachel is a wise girl!! I should do the same… but what now??
Wil, ABCW Team.

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Tina Basu July 16, 2014 - 9:53 am

Exactly Anmol

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Tina Basu July 16, 2014 - 9:53 am

Thanks

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Tina Basu July 16, 2014 - 9:54 am

Thanks Sophie, I'll have more on this

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Tina Basu July 16, 2014 - 9:54 am

thanks

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Tina Basu July 16, 2014 - 9:55 am

She will be at peace!!

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Tina Basu July 16, 2014 - 9:59 am

Thanks Roger.

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Tina Basu July 16, 2014 - 9:59 am

Thanks Usha ji

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Tina Basu July 16, 2014 - 10:00 am

yeah.. it's good to to send a mail that goes as a boom!!

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Tina Basu July 16, 2014 - 10:00 am

haha… quite same here too Zoe

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Tina Basu July 16, 2014 - 10:01 am

just go ahead and do it… I'll take some inspiration from Rachel myself!!!

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My Unfinished Life July 16, 2014 - 2:45 pm Reply
Lmkazmierczak July 16, 2014 - 3:26 pm

Solid and full of potential…good luck with your writing♪ http://lauriekazmierczak.com/abstracts/

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Soumya July 16, 2014 - 3:48 pm

So smart of her to mark the others. She did the right thing! 🙂

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magiceye July 17, 2014 - 1:30 am

Short and crisp – a good read/1

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Dinesh Radhakrishnan July 18, 2014 - 11:27 am

Hi Tina,

That indeed a bold step to say "NO" and Quit, rather trying to bear the non-sense of working with morons, for the sake of saving the job. Very shortly narrated, but conveys the message.

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