Six seats. Five men and me. A strategic management meeting that feels more like a collection of beautifully dressed sins.
To my left sits the devout one: the man who prays five times a day, fasts every Monday and Thursday, and keeps his beard long and intact, yet bleeds the company budget dry. Millions? Baby, it’s billions.
Next to him is the golden boy, the charming marketing director currently spinning a polished pitch while his sick, pregnant wife waits at home and his entire female staff is played to serve his needs.
Across the table, the typical nerdy finance family man nods along, terrified someone will look too closely and realize exactly what he’s doing with his male driver in the backseat.
Don’t even get me started on the fourth. The one who just leaned across the mahogany table to ask about my bra size, his breath smelling of expensive coffee, tobacco, and entitlement.
At the head of it all is the CEO in his sixties. Entirely blind to a world that requires him to see people as human beings, he looks at me across the room like I am his prey. He forgets his daughter and I shared a house back in university.
I should be furious. My blood should be boiling at the sheer, suffocating hypocrisy of this room.
But looking at them, a strange, dark heat is settling under my skin instead. They think they are the wolves, but, I see puppies.
What if I just play with the fire?
What if I dismantle every single one of them from the inside out, piece by beautiful piece, until this boardroom burns to the ground?
They always say I’m the best pupil on the management team. Maybe it's time I show them a real masterclass, both at the desk, and in their marriage beds 😏