I turned back to David and said, “Anyway, we’re aiming for a 10 percent reduction in bounce rate next quarter. We’ve already outlined the steps for testing.”
And that was that.
The rest of the meeting felt surreal.
Joan barely spoke.
She didn’t make eye contact with anyone. Her usual chirpy interruptions and carefully placed laughs vanished. I didn’t gloat or smirk.
I just kept going because the work mattered.
And she didn’t get to make me small.
When it wrapped up, everyone filed out quietly. No one said anything about the moment, but they didn’t need to. The silence spoke volumes.
Tyler gave me a nod in the hallway, a kind of nonverbal “good for you.” Naomi touched my arm lightly before heading to her desk.
And David? He sent me a follow-up later that day — only to me — requesting analytics support.
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