Eighty Seven Votes To Total Disaster

Summary

The resignation letter in my pocket felt heavy, its edges softened and frayed from where I’d been nervously gripping it all morning.

"And now, for the grand finale—the award for 'Least Valuable Player'!"

The announcement was met with a heartbeat of stunned silence before the room erupted into a roar of laughter. I looked up. There, dead center on the massive LED screen, was my name—Casey Morgan—followed by a jarring, bright red number: 87.

There are exactly eighty-seven employees at this firm. I had received a unanimous vote.