“ Mary Akpan, you'll handle the marketing of our new two in one strawberry juice” The MD said, using his deep masculine tone.
“Alright, Sir” Mary had responded with her queer smile that irritated the rest of us.
The entire boardroom was silent after the announcement. Embedded in that silence were a thousand words we would have wanted to say, but we dared not. Not with Mr Folarin on sight. Interrupting when he had just given an order was forbidden. No one wanted to know what the aftermath of that would be, though. Our silence screamed injustice. Only if we could give him a picture of all the times Mary got the deals that put her in the spotlight, leaving others to carry out insignificant tasks no one would ever give accolades, no matter the energy put into executing them.
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