On My Promotion Day, My Son Hid Gold Bars in My Gift

After three years of grinding away for the company, my boss decided to promote me. But at the celebration dinner, the hometown-specialty gift basket I gave him turned out to have two gold bars tucked inside. Everyone started whispering, saying my promotion had obviously been bought with a bribe. They sneered that my boss was corrupt too, that anyone could climb the ladder as long as they paid up. My boss was so furious he slapped me across the face and stripped me of my position on the spot.