Unseen Goodbye

To protect the assistant who had been evading taxes, she deliberately gave false testimony in her role as my superior's wife, putting all the blame on me.

I protested endlessly, but the law held me accountable. I was imprisoned for two months. Upon release, my colleagues turned against me, ostracizing me and destroying my promotion chances.

Seeing that I neither cried nor caused a scene, my wife assumed that I had finally submitted.