Eric carefully thought back to previous events. Tanya’s wound certainly did not come from doing chores at home. This meant it happened in the office. He knew that apart from cleaning, Tanya would also make and serve tea to her colleagues. He knew she was being friendly since she wanted to learn fashion design from her colleagues so he did not put much thought into it. After all, there was nothing strange about it. However, upon second thought, he connected all the events and resignation and realized the situation was not as simple as it seemed. He asked sternly, “Did someone in the company bully you? Be honest!”
Tanya bit her lips, refusing to speak.
Tiffany was so enraged that she began spouting profanities. “F*ck! Is that even a question? They must have bullied her! Eric, I put her in your care. She’s with you most of the time, can’t you even look out for her? Tan, what happened? If you refuse to tell me, I’ll tell Ari about this. You know what she’s like. If she finds out about this, she won’t let the matter go!”
Tanya panicked when Tiffany mentioned Arianne. “No… Don’t tell Ari. She’s unwell and pregnant. She shouldn’t get angry. Fine, I’ll tell you. Ricky told me to learn fashion design from my colleagues so I can transition from doing janitorial work to the fashion design department. That’s what I want as well. Initially, I thought my colleagues would teach me. However, as time passed, it’s clear that they have no intention of even teaching me the basics, let alone everything else. They would only make me serve them drinks, buy food for them, and run their errands. Not only that, but they disdain me for coming from the country and think I’m a country bumpkin. They accuse me of using a sob story to manipulate Ricky into pitying me. They deliberately scalded me, locked me in the washroom… All these happen regularly. It’s clear they don’t think I fit in the company. I didn’t want to mention it because I didn’t want to trouble Ricky. That’s why I decided to resign. I’m fine really. I can survive just fine on my own, and it’s really not that bad. I really don’t want to trouble you anymore.”
Not that bad? Tiffany and Eric exchanged a look. They felt uncomfortable. The wound on Tanya’s hand looked serious. The area around the scab looked red and angry. It was clearly inflamed and must be extremely painful. However, she chose to silently endure it. Even when she could no longer endure it, she had left silently so as to not cause any trouble. Just how nice was she that she suffered so much from the bullying?
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