Ziggy sat up on his seat, letting Jane hold him, while he patted her back lightly with his hand.
"Jane, being nice is not weak. Hopefully, you can become brave and nice in the future."
Jane nodded seriously. "I will, I will do that!"
The few teachers had tried to clean their names by using their family connection, but just as they were about to succeed, a mysterious voice recording crept its way to the headlines.
Within mere seconds, their nearly-cleaned names were plunged into the deep end with no chance of ever recovering.
At this point, it still did not cross their minds that this was all because of Ziggy and instead, believed it was Jane's meticulously-planned revenge!
Naturally, they were fired from the Minnow Nursery School and were told that they had no chance of being rehired.
On the other side, not knowing Ziggy's feat in the Minnow Nursery School, Rachel uploaded her design draft into the computer as she wanted to give it a little retouching.
She then peered at her empty glass before she moved her gaze away from her screen.
Standing up from her chair, she left her station to refill her water.
The water dispenser was a distance from her desk.
When Melissa passed by Rachel's station, she was a little stunned, having seen her artwork.
Even the women behind Melissa also noticed Rachel's scanned copy as well as her hand-drawn draft on her desk.
"Dear God! How did an artist like her end up sitting with us?"
"That's right! A superior artist like her could even become the creative director, and no one would bat an eye!"
"No wonder the president gave Rachel such special treatment. She has the talent and skills!"
"I guess the champion for this round would be someone else!"
"You don't say. We must go and placate her! I think her road to promotion must be quicker than we could ever guess!"
...
As she heard the discussion around her, Melissa squeezed her hand against her glass abruptly, her face as dark as the storm.
She sauntered forward and took the sketch in her hand with a sarcastic smile.
Immediately after, the paper in her hand was torn into pieces and thrown into the rubbish bin.
Everyone around her was astonished.
They looked at Melissa with a look of uncomfortable nescience.
Melissa looked at the girls behind her. "You know how special the president treats Rachel? If she rises to the top, how big of a chance do you think she will become Mrs. Chapman?"
The ladies shared a tacit understanding before nodding at Melissa's analysis.
"Not wrong! We can't let Rachel become Mrs. Chapman!"
"You’re absolutely right! President Chapman is ours!"
"Exactly! We've worked here for so long and we’ve had no promotion. Why does she get to rise to the top?!"
...
Just like that, one of the ladies with some computer skills sat in Rachel's seat and deleted all traces of the design before she stood up.
"Since everyone has the same intention, we should keep this secret from her. Let's see how she’ll be able to climb up the corporate ladder and become Mrs. Chapman!"
Melissa nodded lightly. "She won't make tomorrow's deadline! Even if she redesigned something else, she won't be able to make the product in time."
When Rachel had returned with her glass of hot water, the people around her desk had long dispersed.
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