I walked around them and headed straight to my office to pack my things.
I put everything I needed into a cardboard box.
I had just picked it up when Barret walked in and gripped the edge.
"Alright, enough. Stop this. Once things settle down, I promise I'll make it up to you."
I peeled his fingers off one by one.
"Barret, I don't need you anymore."
I carried the box toward the front door.
Barret shouted after me, furious.
"Maggie! If you walk out that door today, don't ever think about coming back!"
I went back to Marcella's place.
When she found out I'd quit, she was so angry she hurled the glass in her hand against the wall.
"Maggie, have you lost your mind?!"
"You ate ramen with him! You slept on basement floors with him! You built that empire for him, and you're just going to hand it over to that snake on a silver platter?"
"I'm going over there right now and ending both of them!"
I grabbed Marcella before she could storm out.
She pulled me into a tight hug, her voice cracking.
"Don't worry. I'm going to find you the highest-paying job in the industry. We'll make that scumbag choke on his regret."
I thought she was just trying to make me feel better.
One day later.