Cruel Wishes

POV Hazel

The sting of his unprovoked, public humiliation burns through my veins as I stand frozen stiff in the sterile employee breakroom. My chest rises and falls in shaky, jagged breaths. I clutch the edge of the granite counter, staring blankly at the massive commercial coffee machine. The harsh fluorescent lights overhead seem to buzz directly inside my skull. He did not just reject my busin