Arianne didn’t like being patient. She did not want to shoulder such baseless accusations. Her intention was to teach Robin, not just to order her around. She got up and deliberately raised her voice. “Robin, I haven’t looked into how the sample got destroyed. Even though we salvaged it in the end and there was no particular setback, we can’t just let go of something like this. I’m going to request for the surveillance footage from Mr. Yaleman. You take care of these sketches. Thank you.”
Robin knew that Arianne was going to kick up a fuss, so she carefully replied, “Mm.”
There were surveillance cameras in every corner of the office, including the workshop. Everything was clear once they checked the footage. The staff who usually bossed Robin around had been the ones behind it. They hadn’t known that it was Arianne’s sample and had to use the mannequin the next day. Thus, they had taken out the sample straight away. That would have been fine, except that they had cruelly planned on making Robin do it all over again, so they destroyed it.
The truth was out, now that they had checked the surveillance footage. Arianne’s stance was clear. “Mr. Yaleman, I don’t know if you can tolerate this, but I can’t. They might not be taking a shot at me, but at an intern instead. Don’t interns have rights too? Aren’t they a part of this company too? Is it really that fun to pull pranks like these? This is simply immoral. What if we didn’t manage to salvage the sample? We would have let our client down and caused problems in our partnership. I suggest dismissing everyone involved. From now on, I will mentor Robin. No one else will be allowed to boss her around.”
“Okay, okay,” Mr. Yaleman nodded feverishly and bowed. “I’ll fire them immediately. Robin will work with you from now on. Robin’s performance hasn’t been great since she joined the company, and she hasn’t really achieved much. I’ve been planning on telling her to find another job. She won’t have to leave now, with you around. I can relax.”
Arianne indifferently replied, “Of course she wouldn’t have any achievements. She’s been bossed around to do meaningless tasks. She orders takeout, buys takeout, buys coffee, changes the ink in the printer, changes the water tank in the water cooler, what could she possibly learn? That’s all for now. I’m going back to work.”
“Arianne,” Robin whispered softly to her when she returned to her desk. “What did Mr. Yaleman say? Did you find out who did it?”
Arianne nodded. “We did. They will be dismissed. I didn’t quibble over it at first because I didn’t see a need. Later, I found out that some people liked taking advantage. So I had to get even.”
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