For seven years, I believed my job was simply to work hard, stay loyal, and make sure my boss never had to worry about the small details.
I never imagined that one Friday afternoon, the 78-year-old man I had worked beside for so long would call me into his office and say something that would completely change my future.
“Starting today,” Richard Bennett said, “you no longer work for me.”
My heart dropped.
I thought I was being fired.
I had bills to pay, a family depending on me, and
