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employees terrified of her. She had them thinking she had the ear of

upper management and could have them fired at any given moment.
She would constantly gossip about the staff, with the staff, and when

confronted, she pretended she knew nothing; always acting as though
she was the innocent one. It was as though the staff became her

pawns. She would play each staff member like a chess piece. Giselle

and I knew what she was doing. We could not break the bond between
Shannon and Jerome. They were tight as two front teeth! Jerome

wanted Shannon to act as his spy, so he could always have something
over each staff person. He was all about loyalty, real or forced.

Shannon continued disrupting the office daily, everyone was
constantly arguing and mad. Jerome did his best to bring her in line,

but the power went to her head.

But the stuff started to kick off when Diane, one of their sister-

friends from Cox and Associates, contacted Giselle and told her if she
ever saw Shannon again she would kick her ass. It's was getting ready

to get real gutter up in here quick!

Giselle had told me how she, Diane, and Shannon had continued

their relationship and would often have three-way conversations. She
told me, many of the conversations were just about what was going

on in their lives. Diane had separated from her husband and Shannon

had continued an outside relationship with Diane’s husband.

Diane told Giselle that she and Shannon were on the phone

discussing a guy Diane was dating while separated. Unbeknownst to

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