Silent Advocacy

Which Text Did My Boss Send by Mistake? My boss called me into her office

with that serious face. My stomach dropped. She slid her phone across the desk.

I need you to see this. It was a text thread. I started reading, bracing myself for

the worst. Then I saw it. She'd been texting HR for weeks, fighting to get

me a raise. Screenshots of emails, her arguing with upper management about my performance.

Page after page of her going to bat for me. The last message stopped me cold.

If they don't approve it, I'm giving her mine. She looked at me directly.

It went through this morning. I couldn't speak. My throat tightened. For months I thought