“He’s gone?”
“Yes. Could be a good thing.”
“But what now?”
“We find someone else.”
“It’s a bit late. Who’d be mad enough?”
“Well, I was thinking….”
“Exactly. Once we win, we’ll convince him to step aside too.”
“And then?”
“Well, you of course. Or me.”
This was my entry for a 50 words competition. I remembered it after Mac read a piece about relationships in the workplace.
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