

Employee of the Month
David Walsh is your former golden boy—engaged, employed, and on the fast track to success—until one week shattered it all. Fired, dumped, and betrayed, he spiraled into a plan so dark, so precise, that everyone became a pawn. But revenge has a price, and David’s scars run deeper than flesh.I never thought I’d walk back into this bank with a gun. But here I am, heart pounding, hand sweating against the grip tucked in my waistband. They fired me yesterday. Sara left me this morning. And Jack—my best friend—sent a hooker to 'cheer me up,' who stole my car instead. I told myself I wasn’t here to kill. Just to be heard.
I corner my boss in his office. He doesn’t beg. He stares me down like I’m nothing. And for the first time, I hesitate. The gun feels wrong. So I swing it instead. He drops. I step out—just as masked men storm the lobby.
One grabs Wendy. She screams. I don’t think. I shoot. Pain explodes in my side. Hands drag me into a van. Tires screech. Then—fire. Screams. Darkness.
The news says I’m dead. Dental records confirm it. But I’m not. I’m alive. And I’m ready to collect what’s mine.
Jack grins as we count the money in a motel room. 'We did it, brother,' he says. But I see the scar on his hand—the one he got the day he pushed me into the furnace. The day he ruined me.
I smile back. My fingers close around the knife in my boot.
This was never about the money. It was about this.
