Workplace Reckonings
Psychological Drama · inspired by real events

On My Word

A retired equipment dealer helped a medical startup win her oldest friend's savings; the company lied to her, but the reassurance that persuaded him was her own.

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Cover of On My Word
Genre
Psychological Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
15
Fiction status
inspired by real events
Editorial responsibility
My Life Story Editorial

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Workplace Reckonings

Chapters

  1. 01The Demonstration
  2. 02Behind the Service Door
  3. 03Two Envelopes
  4. 04A Table with No Totals
  5. 05Separate Answers
  6. 06The Work Left Over
  7. 07What I Actually Saw
  8. 08The Counts
  9. 09Months
  10. 10An Order Is Not a Check
  11. 11The Rehearsal
  12. 12Affirmed
  13. 13Ninety Years
  14. 14My Handwriting
  15. 15No Guarantee

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Story information
story id
2aae949a-a6a5-46ce-8ee3-67b43ecceb58
primary theme
Workplace Reckonings
secondary themes
None assigned
genre
Psychological Drama
fiction status
inspired-by-real-events
audience
Adult readers
setting
Not specified
chapter count
15
publish date
2026-11-03T06:44:15.964Z
updated date
2026-11-03T06:44:15.964Z
author
My Life Story Editorial
editor
My Life Story Editorial
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