Workplace Reckonings
Psychological Drama · fiction

The Work They Could Not Break

The sound of my laptop cracking under my brother-in-law’s boot was quieter than I expected. That was the strange part. Seven years of marriage ended with a sound no louder than someone snapping a thick branch. Crunch. Mark lifted his boot. For half a second, the shattered screen reflected the chandelier above us in a spiderweb of white cracks....

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Genre
Psychological Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
Editorial responsibility
My Life Story Editorial

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Workplace Reckonings

Chapters

  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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