Erased Name, Endless Remorse

Synopsis

Twenty minutes before the IPO roadshow, Charles Graham adjusted my collar and said gently, "Vivian will be the main speaker today. You'll sit in the audience for now." I looked down at my name tag. It read: [Technical Advisor, Evelyn Shaw.] Vivian Mitchell's name was up there on the big screen, right next to his. That was when it hit me. After six years of hustling, three years of sleepless nights, and mortgaging my old family home to keep the company alive, he'd already decided it was time for me to step aside.