My Husband Left Me and Our Six Children for a Fitness Trainer – I Didn’t Even Have Time to Think About Revenge Before Karma Caught Up With Him

“Alyssa,” she said, calm but ice-cold. “Your contract is terminated effective immediately. Legal will follow up. Don’t return to this building.”

“You’re joking, Deborah,” she said. “I work here.”

“Your contract is terminated.”

“This is not a discussion,” Deborah added, and the hallway went very quiet.

Cole turned. “You can’t just fire her like that —”

“We can,” Deborah said. “And we are.”

She turned to Cole. “Effective today, you’re on unpaid suspension pending termination. Turn in your badge.”

A security guard stepped closer, already holding a clipboard.

That shut him up.

“Turn in your badge.”

For a second, no one moved. Alyssa’s face drained of color. Cole looked like someone had pulled the floor out from under him.

I stepped toward Cole. “I’m going home. To our children.”

“We need to talk.”

“We will,” I said. “Through lawyers. You made a choice, and I’m done cleaning up after it. Don’t come back.”