I never imagined my career could be jeopardized over something so small—literally. Yet, there I was, sitting stiffly in my boss’s office, my future hanging in the balance.
It all started a few weeks ago. I was taking the metro to work as usual, my mind already preoccupied with the upcoming lectures. The morning crowd was thick, people rushing in and out, lost in their own world. As the train approached, a faint, desperate sound reached my ears—a soft, almost imperceptible cry. I looked around, trying to locate the source, and that’s when I saw it. A tiny, trembling kitten, no bigger than my hand, was huddled on the metro tracks.
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