“…. reorganizing, keeping one secretary, whose salary increases by $10,000. The other leaves today. You wanted increased responsibility. Have seniority. Choice is yours. Half hour to decide.”
WTF? Does he know I’ve been job shopping? More responsibility? Bullshit. From one boss to five is just more work. And Kathy’s new! Single mom; two small kids. She could use the raise. WHOA! With a $10,000 increase, I could finally afford to leave Jon! Backstab Kathy? That’s cold. Well, mom does deride me as selfish. Not true! I always put everyone’s needs before mine. Usually. Now? I just can’t. Guess mom was right after all.
Inspired by Natalie Swift's post on selfishness. Response to Masters of Writing Flash Fiction Challenge's prompt: "Cold".
J.E.M. Wildfire 
Wow! That was excellent.
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Thank you!
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Thanks so much!
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Hey! I just wanted to let you know that the link above would no longer work since I’ve changed my site address. Why don’t you try this one instead: https://themidnightember.wordpress.com/2018/06/25/selfishness/
Thanks! ❤
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I changed the link in the story
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