The words hit the head clerk like a physical blow. She dropped to her knees, her hands trembling as she tried to process the reality of what was happening. The shock was written all over her face, her expression frozen in disbelief. Even Sophie, who had seen a fair share of confrontations in her life, was taken aback by how swiftly everything had escalated. In an instant, the head clerk's career had been destroyed. 'Woah,' Sophie thought to herself. She hadn't expected it to happen this fast. The suddenness of it all left her momentarily stunned, though she quickly masked it with a faint smirk, curling around her paitd red lips, the bold red she had purposely applied today, to give her best bitchy and classy performance.