Demoted

[Vagrant]

~ This thread is closed for myself and BlackWingedOne ~

Enough was enough. He was so sick and tired of her condescending attitude and superiority complex. She was a smart woman and that was why she had made it as far as she did, through hard work and intelligence, but so did everyone else that sat around the table at meetings for the Executive Staff. She wasn't the only one that deserved her chair there, or who had earned it. But everyone had her ire. Not that they had earned it. Nobody at the company had earned any of the hatred she had spewed their way over the years. But that was all going to come to an end soon. It was well passed time someone put her in her place. And he was just the man to do it. The fact he was her boss helped some.

Connor McAlistair had been the president of the company for quite a few years now. Under his leadership the demand for their software had risen by leaps and bounds, and they were finally a big player. He hadn't done it alone of course, even she had helped. But her attitude made it difficult to even give her credit for her part.

She was the VP of Finance, and had her eyes set on his job, or even a spot on the board of directors, he knew. But not even they were so blind that they couldn't see her attitude problem. It had gotten to the point that Connor had been told to find some reason to terminate her employment. Which had sparked the idea for what he had been doing the last few months.

It had started small, files going missing or reverting to earlier versions before presentations, first innocuous things that wouldn't impact the actual weight of the material, but soon enough not even the material itself was safe. Their IT departement could only shrug their shoulders and ask if she had remembered to save the latest version of her work, or if she had the missing files in the first place.

Then factual errors creeped their way into her data. He had always made sure that someone from her departement was there to correct her, usually someone different each time so that she couldn't blame a subordinate for her mistakes.

The problems became more and more obvious the longer time went on. But that was nothing compared to what he had planned next. He had carefully prepared financial statements that clearly showed that someone was embezzeling funds, though not who was doing it. He wasn't even going to implicate her, though by the time this phase of her destruction was made public it would be clear who people would blame. Her. He would blame her for not finding it. That would be his reason for firing her. But the end of her tenure as a VP would not be the end of her story. Not by a mile.

[BlackWingedOne]

Allyson James, the name plaque on her desk read. For what it was worth, she hated her name. She had thought about changing it for years, but knew it would be so much work it wouldn't be worth it. To those around her, she was intimidating, long black hair tied back in a tight bun and green eyes that could tear apart a weaker person. Her skin was pale and her figure that of an hourglass. Wide hips, full breasts and a perfectly proportioned butt, in her opinion. Though she didn't have many would be boyfriends, she didn't mind it.

She was amazing at her job, even if she made too many enemies. She didn't care. She wasn't at work to make friends. Sure she came off harsh, but she didn't care what people thought about her. She didn't get where she was because of her people skills.

Everything was fine until a few months ago, slowly her work had become effected by some mysterious means. She had done everything right, and nothing turned out as she had finished it. She had become the laughing stock of the company and now it was starting to show. She was becoming more harsh on those around her, spitting our venom any chance she got.

It was one such day she was at her desk, finishing up a report for the month's earnings when she pressed the save button, rather firmly, making double sure she had save the most recent draft. This time she wrote herself a post it, setting it on the side of her monitor to remind herself she had done it. With a sigh, she adjusted the chop sticks holding her bun in place, and rubbed her temples. She was spending more time at the office then she was getting paid for, making up the mistakes she had seemingly made over and over again.

[Vagrant]

Connor had been a typically good boss as her problems had continued apace as he had intended them to. Outwardly he tried to maintain a professional atmosphere around the office and he would not take kindly to people belittling Allyson in his presence. But he wasn't too harsh in his reprimands, so they simply made sure he wasn't around when they made their jokes and jibes.

As she had started to spend more time at work trying to salvage what was left of her respect, her efforts leading to nothing but further sliding towards ruin, he had expressed how pleased he was that she was at least trying to get things in order. 'It takes dedication,' he had told her one evening. 'Dedication to continue to work as hard as you do, when everything seems to be falling apart around you. I have no doubt that you'll pull things together, Allyson. No doubt at all.'

His support for her was unfailing, though it became less glowing as time went on. He wondered if she had any idea that he had been behind everything that had happened to her and that there was much worse to come. Possibly. But it wouldn't change anything. Her fate was sealed now.

[BlackWingedOne]

Connor had been supportive, which to Allyson was her only saving grace. She had been working so hard to keep her sanity, but it was amounting to nothing. Her boss' praise for her unending efforts soon began to decline, not being as helpful as it had. She knew he was suspecting she was slacking off in her time spent after hours at work, but all she was doing was trying to work harder.

She was spending more time at the office now, then before, and it was one such night she saw small amounts being taken from the companies account every day. Almost $10,000 had been taken out in the past two weeks. She printed the data and hurried to Connor's office. It was near time for the office to close and Allyson hoped it would save her job, finding this inaccuracy.

She knocked hard on the oak doors, waiting to be told to enter.

[Vagrant]

The rather insistant knocking on the door to his office drew his attention immeditately. What was so urgent at this late in the day. He set aside the documents he had been working on and called for whoever it was to come in.

"Allyson... what's so important that it has you all but knocking down my door?"

He motioned for her t have a seat across from his large oak desk and listened while she explained what she had found. "Well, forgive me if I had seemed dismissive earlier, this is definitely something that needed to be brought to my attention." He looked over the printout that she had brought with her.

"I'll bring this to the attention of the board. I want you to assign your most trustworthy person to investigate how deeply this embezzelment goes. Tell whomever it is not to leave any stone unturned no matter who is implicated. I want you to provide me with who has been assigned to this task so that if anything is found, that I can prevent any backlash." That and whomever she felt was both skilled and trustworthy enough to take on this task would be her replacement.

He smiled at her warmly. "Thank you again for bringing this to me. I know the past few months haven't been the easiest time for you. Here's hoping that this signals a new beginning." It did, but she had no idea of what.

[BlackWingedOne]

Allyson was relieved to hear Connor's words of encouragement, maybe now she would be able to get out of the doghouse now. She nodded to Connor. "Yes Sir, I will get Jennifer right on it." She stood then and smoothed her skirt before making her way out of the office, soon filling in her assistant on what she had found, and told her what Connor had said, Jennifer, a friendly blonde who knew numbers almost as well as Allyson did. She set to work and soon Allyson left for the night, leaving the numbers in Jennifer's capable hands.

Jennifer left some hours later, her findings in hand. In the morning she would present them to Connor, she couldn't understand why Allyson would put her on the case when it was her embezzling the money. Maybe she thought she was too dumb to see the trail.

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The next morning Allyson came into the office and sat at her desk, Jennifer hadn't told her she had found anything and Allyson sighed. The sooner Jennifer found out who it had been, the sooner Allyson would be secure in her job once more.

A soft knock came to Connor's door, Jennifer standing with a sheaf of papers in her hand.

[Vagrant]

After Jennifer came into his office and sat down, he smiled at her. "Good morning, Jennifer right? You're the one Allyson assigned to find where the missing money is going, correct?"

He leaned back in his chair and took the papers that she offered to him. "Hmmmm..... mhmmm.... yes, I had a feeling it may have been something like this." He looked at Jennifer. "It looks as if your boss has been a very bad girl, doesn't it."

He set the papers back on his desk. "I think she tried this as a last ditch effort to redeem herself. Create the problem, find it, and miraculously fix it. By the looks of it none of the money has actually left the company yet, but it's been diverted. She probably planned to 'prevent the thieves from getting away with it' without ever actually finding out who did it." He shook his head. "She's smart, I'll give her that. But one thing she has never been very good at is being able to see what other people can offer. She obviously underestimated you, Jennifer. I promise you I won't make the same mistake."

After his meeting with Jennifer, he called a board meeting to discuss the Allyson Situation. He informed the board that he now had an ironclad reason for her termination, and that she would no longer be VP of Finance at the end of the day. It was only by his good graces that she wasn't to be arrested.

Shortly after lunch, Allyson's phone range. It was Connor. "I need to see you in my office. Right now."

[BlackWingedOne]

Allyson had spent her entire morning in front of her computer, feeling better about being the one to find the discrepancy in the accounts. She was happy, and spent the whole morning working on another report for this month's earnings. She was eating a container of yogurt when her phone rang. It was Connor, and he didn't sound happy. She hoped it was because Jennifer had found the perpetrator.

She quickly finished up her food and made her way to the office she knew all too well. It wasn't long until she was let in and settled herself in the chair she always chose when in Connors office.

She sat there, smiling inwardly. This was were he congratulated her on her findings and on appointing Jennifer to find who it was.

[Vagrant]

He nodded to her when she came in and sat down after he invited her to. "Thank you for coming so promptly, Allyson."

He set one hand on the stack of paper that Jennifer had given him. "These are the findings that Jennifer came to me with this morning. I've been in a meeting with the Board of Directors for most of the morning to discuss just what is in this report. And now it's about time for you to know what Jennifer found."

He sighed. "Allyson, all the signs point to you being the one that embezzeled the money. I know you've been having a rough time of it these past few months, but this isn't how you redeem yourself."

He looked down at his hand for a moment before once more meeting her gaze. "Now, Allyson, you know that I've always had faith in you. I've always tried to give you a chance but I just can't this time. There is no way that I can make this go away completely. All I can do is offer you this. Resign. Resign your position on the grounds that you missed the warning signs of money being stolen. The alternative is that I am forced to terminate your employment and have you arrested. Those are the options the board has given me." That was a lie.

"But I'm not just going to throw you on the street. My hands are tied when it comes to recommending you, the FCC would have my head if I gave you a glowing endorsement should this happen again. So the odds of you finding a job anywhere near your current level are pretty slim." He was drawing this out to twist the knife in just that much more. "What I can do is offer you a different job. Whether you take the offer or not, resign or not... your career is over. You'll never be able to find a job with this over your head."

[BlackWingedOne]

Allyson's mouth went agape, how had she been implicated in stealing the money? It had to be that damn Jennifer. She had never stolen one cent from the company, and now she was being accused of stealing $10,000 . She bit back tears, never had she shown emotions in the company but now her sadness and anger threatened to over throw her calm. He gave her a choice to resign or stay and be arrested. There was no point in arguing, she knew it wouldn't work at this point.

"I...will resign..." she managed, only barely holding on to her composure. He spoke of being unable to give her a recommendation, she had been at this company for years, there would be no way she would be able to get another job with such a gap in her resume.

"What is this other position?" she asked, looking down at her hands.

[Vagrant]

He smiled inwardly, laughing at the look of pain and fury on her face, barely contained. That by itself was almost worth all the disdain and contempt she had heaped upon everyone over the years, including himself. Once she had risen to the rank of VP, she knew that further advancement wasn't going to come from him, and so he became a free target.

"I'm sure you're aware that earlier this year my secretary retired. I've definitely been missing having that position filled, but no applicant has been qualified." He looked her in the eyes. "I'm only offering you this because I like you, Allyson. I have every reason I should need to have you escorted out of the building with your effects. But I'm not going to do that. If you want the position of my secretary... the pay is considerably less, and you'll have no access to the financials... the job is yours until you prove to me that you can't do it."

"Are you interested?"

[BlackWingedOne]

Allyson looked at him, if he truly thought she was stealing money, then why would he offer to keep her on and especially so close to him. Maybe he wanted something concrete to catch her on. She bit her lip and nodded. "I am gracious...for your offer Sir." It had to be the first time she had been so formal with him since she started.


She weighed over her options, she knew she had no chance of getting another job just as good as the one she was resigning. A lower paying job was better then no job at all.

"I will take the job, and thank you so much for the offer. It means a great deal to me."

[Vagrant]

He didn't need anything more concrete, though he wasn't going to tell her that. He also didn't want to fire her because that would end his fun then and there.

It was thursday afternoon, and there was little point to have her start her new position right then. "I'm glad you agree. You made the right choice, Allyson. Of course, you will need to clean out your office this afternoon. But after that, take a long weekend to unwind. I want to see you here bright and early monday morning, and not before. You may go." And just like that he had dismissed her. He knew her buttons and he was going to push them all. He wanted to see her snap, because then he would have more to use against her.

About an hour later, while she was packing her things, Jennifer walked by her office towards Connor's.

"Ah Jennifer, hello. I just wanted you to know that after meeting with the board, Allyson was given the choice of resigning, or defending herself against the allegations that she was stealing from the company. Or planning to anyway. Faced with the evidence that you had gathered, she chose to resign."

"Now, there are going to be rumours, and it's no secret that you were the one that uncovered her misdeeds, so I would imagine that you'll be asked questions. Now, out of respect for Allyson's reputation... because we should take the highroad and do for her what she was never willing to do for anyone else... I'd like you to refrain from outright confirming that she was the one that was stealing company funds. Can you do that for me?"

[BlackWingedOne]

Allyson nodded, everything, it seemed, was going to be alright. All she had to do was clean out her office. Once this whole thing blew over she would be fine, and maybe she would get her old position back. She smiled, "Thank you Sir. I will be here early on Monday." She said as she stood and moved from the room, the anger only showing on her face when her back was turned to Connor.

Someone had set her up, and she needed to find out who.

She moved into her office and began to take down all of her diploma's and person effects. It was evening time by the time she was done.

Jennifer nodded to Connor. "Of course Sir, I understand. I won't tell anyone Sir." She knew now that Allyson was out of the position, the next person in line for it would be her.

[Vagrant]

The news had spread quickly in her absense, and by the time she returned to work on monday, people were openly hostile. Not to the point she had been, but there was a definite change. Not only that, but people were no longer afraid of her.

Connor hadn't given her the day off on friday to be nice, even though that was how he had explained it to her. He gave her the day off so that there would be an entire work day for the news to spread without her able to run any sort of damage control.

He had also arranged for an increased frequency of status updates from the project leaders, and initiated a few intra company programs as well as a new marketting campaign. As his secretary, she was expected to keep all of that straight and to keep him from becoming double booked in meetings. The number of phone calls and emails coming to her would keep her very busy for the forseeable future.

At around 10 am, he came to the door and looked at her. "Allyson, be a dear and ask Jennifer in Finance to come to my office please." He said that as if she didn't know who Jennifer was.

[BlackWingedOne]

Allyson had walked into the office on Monday, her head held high. She knew there would be some talking, but she had spent the weekend trying to calm down and figure out ways to prove her innocence.

When she had come back, people were just mean to her. She returned their dirty looks with ones that could freeze a penguin, and made her way to her new desk. The thing was piled high with paper work and soon she was scrambling to get things in order.

When Connor came out and told her to get Jennifer, she nodded. Soon she was on her way down the hall to find her. "Jennifer, Connor wants you in his office." She still held the tone of distaste when she spoke to Jennifer. Jennifer rolled her eyes at Allyson before moving off towards Connor's office.

[Vagrant]

Of course without the power of her former position, her glares didn't have quite the affect that she had intended. People did avert their eyes, or quiet down, but the comments didn't stay quiet in her wake for long.

If she took the time to actually dig into the financials in an attempt to find some evidence that would clear her, she would discover her access had been revoked. She asn't to be trusted with anything dealing with the company's books anymore.

As Jennifer stood and walked with her back to Connor's office, she couldn't help but get a jibe in. "By the way, that's Ms Wynn to you, Allyson. And I doubt that Mr McAlistair would appreciate you being so... familiar."

She left Allyson outside his office as Connor asked her to enter. This was just a formality and just like she had thought, she was officially offered Allyson's previous position. Obviously she accepted.

They both came to the door and she shook his hand once more before leaving to move to her new office. She couldn't help but add a little something. "You won't regret this, Connor. I'll do a much better job that my predecessor. You'll see." She gave a wink to Allyson and then walked back down the hall.

[BlackWingedOne]

Allyson shook her head, and mumbled under her breath as Jennifer took her jibe. "Whatever bitch..." she shook her head, she worked the whole time Jennifer was in Connor's office, but she heard the conversation. He was giving her old position to that nitwit. She shook her head, "You could try."

She whispered it as she went about fielding questions sent by email and at the same time answer the phones that were ringing off the hook.

[Vagrant]

Connor gave her that week to acclimate herself to her new job. He knew her attitude wasn't going to change without some serious intervention, and that was exactly what he wanted. All through this ordeal she was going through, he wasn't going to give her a scrap of evidence that he was doing anything but giving her a lot of chances to prove herself.

But finally the time had come for him to make his next move. He had purposely brought her into the room while he and Jennifer were talking about the money she had supposedly attempted to steal.

"It was an amateurish attempt to-" Jennifer stopped talking as Connor raised his hand. "Allyson, would you be a dear and get Ms Wynn and I some coffee? How do you take your coffee, Jennifer?"

"Cream and two sugars, sir."

"Did you get that? Thanks hun." He then turned his attention back to Jennifer, certain that this line of conversation would bring a furious comment from Allyson. "You were saying?"

"Yes, I'm actually surprised she thought she could get away with it and that nobody would find it. There were a lot of red flags all over the system."

[BlackWingedOne]

Allyson had came into the office, having heard a part of the conversation. She shook her head, listening to the words spoken as she took a coffee order before turning to leave.

The last comment Jennifer spoke, made Allyson turn. "I did not take any money from this company!" she roared in Jennifer's direction. She moved from the room then, and went about making Jennifer's coffee without any sugar before returning back to the office, the mug in hand.

[Vagrant]

He glared at her outburst but she left the room before he could say anything. When she came back in and handed Jennifer her coffee, hewatched the younger woman take a sip. "She forgot the sugar."

He glared at her again. "Allyson, come over here." He moved his chair away from the desk.

When she walked around to stand at his side, he shook his head. "I'm very dissappointed in you. I've given you every opportunity to make the most of your good fortune, and you've squandered every one."

She might think he was about to fire her, but he had something much more humiliating planned for her. Grabbing her, he pulled her down so that her torso was laying across his legs and she was on her knees. He held her there with one hand while he started to spank her with the other.

While he was smacking her ass, he was also shouting at her. "I give you a job after you steal from me, and this is the thanks I get? You're rude, obnoxious, mean to everyone around you.... you're just a bitch! You act like you still have your old job. The job you fucked up for months and I was kind enough to smooth things over with the board. If it hadn't been for me they would have had you arrested."

Jennifer watched this happening with wide eyed amazement, never expecting this to happen. Of course, this was too sweet to keep to herself, she'd have to tell some people.

Meanwhile, Connor wasn't done. "Don't think I haven't heard some of the things you've said over the years... what was it you called some of the other secretaries? Oh, that's right. Bimbo Secretaries. Well guess what, that's all you are now. You're nothing more than a Bimbo Secretary who can't even get a simply thing like coffee without fucking it up. Aren't you. Tell me what you are. Tell Jennifer what you are!"

[BlackWingedOne]

Allyson was taken off guard as Connor pulled her down over his lap, she couldn't remember the last time something humiliating happened to her. She bit back yelps and retorts. She closed her eyes and took the spanks as he gave them. "Sir...please.." she whimpered, her cheeks bright red with embarrassment.

"This is..improper..." she yelped.

[Vagrant]

"Improper?" That just caused him to hit her harder. "Who are you to tell me what's improper? Was it improper of me not to send you to jail? Or to send you out into the street without a job and no way to get one besides fry cook at a mcdonald's? No, you wouldn't know improper if it bit you in the ass. You're just a silly bimbo secretary. There is no way you would be able to figure something like that out on your own. You can't even make coffee right."

He kept hitting her ass, through her clothing so it dulled the impact a little, but hard enough that she would feel it. "Tell me what you are." Smack. "Say it." Smack Smack "SAY IT!"

[BlackWingedOne]

Allyson whimpered and bit her lip. She shook her head, her ass was starting to hurt from the constant impact of his hand. "I'm a bimbo secretary..." she mumbled as she closed her eyes to fight back tears of shame. She wouldn't let them see her cry.


She moved on his lap, trying wiggle free from his hands.

[Vagrant]

If she thought that little bit was going to get her some relief she was very wrong. "What was that?" He kept swatting her. "I didn't hear that. Jennifer, did you hear that?" She shook her head no. "No, I didn't Connor." She was trying very hard not to laugh, and for the most part succeeding, though a giggle escaped her after she finished talking.

"Louder. Say what you are, louder. And with feeling."