Boss Fired The Quiet Woman, But She Didn’t Know Who She Was Married To…
The Unexpected Visitor
It’s hard to say what exactly made Olivia loathe Tina so much, but her dislike was all too obvious. To some extent, it looked like an attempt to assert herself at the expense of the young accountant, but in fact, she had a different reason for it. And Tina’s dismissal would have happened sooner or later anyway.
Two weeks passed. The company’s business gradually went uphill, and everyone forgot about the incident with Tina. Everything would have been fine if it weren’t for the upcoming audit, which was very unexpected for everyone at the company. Being overly confident, Olivia Brooks didn’t accurately assess the degree of danger this audit posed to her and didn’t bring the company’s documents in order.
She only realized how wrong she was when the audit revealed that the company’s management had been evading taxes for a long time. Trying to rectify the situation, Olivia Brooks turned directly to the person who was in charge of the audit. He turned out to be a pleasant man of about thirty, with an intelligent look on his handsome, aristocratic face.
“Mr. Martinez, sir, could you give our firm a chance to redeem itself? Could you let us continue to operate and get back on our feet?” Olivia asked cautiously.
Benjamin Martinez gave the woman an appraising look, after which he asked her an unexpected question.
“Mrs. Brooks, let me ask you one question. Do you usually give your employees a second chance when they make a mistake? Do you care if the person is actually guilty of misconduct or not?”
Olivia Brooks turned pale and got so agitated that it took her some time to comprehend what she was being asked about. At that moment, a spark of insight flashed through her mind, triggered by the thought of Tina’s dismissal.
“Dear God, Tina Martinez… This can’t be happening. Could this man really be her husband?” Olivia thought, shivering.
But when the woman looked into the auditor’s eyes, she immediately realized that her guess was correct. Nevertheless, Olivia still tried to talk Benjamin Martinez into taking pity on them, since the man seemed to personify fairness and had an open mind.
Justice Served
Of course, the audit wasn’t Benjamin’s way to avenge his wife’s dismissal. There have been numerous complaints filed against this firm, and Tina was far from the only one who was fired without getting any severance pay. When Tina Martinez came home in tears, her husband didn’t immediately understand what was happening and thought that she simply had another hard day at work.
But when the woman said that she was fired for no good reason, the man decided to finally take a closer look at this ill-fated firm and check it for fraud and tax evasion. As the audit showed, Olivia Brooks used her employees to run scams within the company and avoid any responsibility for it. Her scams worked flawlessly.
The proceeds were divided equally between the director and Olivia Brooks. Meanwhile, the owner of the company didn’t even suspect that his two senior employees were deceiving him in the most unscrupulous way. Upon learning that Benjamin Martinez was the husband of the accountant she fired, Olivia tried to rectify the situation and asked for her forgiveness.
When the former boss came to Tina, she understood everything without words. The woman didn’t make a scene or try to lecture her boss. Tina simply refused to help her, referring to the fact that she now had a new job at a firm where the staff didn’t get bullied or framed.
Later, the firm where Olivia worked closed down, and she was taken to court for tax evasion. Since her involvement in the scam wasn’t as big as it seemed at first, the woman got off with a huge fine and a suspended sentence. However, having gotten such an addition to her biography, the scammer won’t be able to get any managing positions anytime soon, since most companies value decency and a good name above all else.
