She was more upset than I was. Like that, 25 years of service ended. A lawyer scripted a letter read out over Zoom. A SharePoint form checked in triplicate to confirm I understood. She checked the box to confirm I was mentally and emotionally stable. I had been passed over as it was time to let the next generation move in. She said that this was not how she had wanted it to be. We talked about my 60-year-old replacement. I couldn’t help point out the contradiction. We moved on to other business. With that, a promised career for life ended.