What she didn’t know was that John had stayed in his office late, trying to keep his mind occupied.

He buried himself in reports and spreadsheets, as if the numbers could silence the feelings that were troubling him.

So he took his frustration out on Bruce, rejecting all the balance sheets and setting increasingly demanding goals.

Bruce, for his part, thought what his boss was proposing was absurd. When he tried to argue, he was immediately cut off:

“Just do what I’m telling you,” John said s