The company was planning a team retreat, and the new administrative intern, Tiffany Hayes, cornered me privately.
“Elena, I heard your family has a boutique estate up in Napa? For next week’s team building, let’s just go to your place for some picking.”
“We’re all colleagues, right? I’ll give you a $150-a-day stipend—consider it me throwing some business your way.”
My family’s estate, Willow Creek, is one of the finest boutique properties in all of Napa Valley.
Winery, cherry U-pick orchard, BBQ pavilion, glamping, private tasting room—the works.
Admission runs $80 per person, and the company has over fifty employees.
For $150, she wanted to freeload an entire corporate retreat.
I turned her down politely.
“Sorry, Tiffany. The estate’s already been booked out by another company for next week—full deposit paid. The dates are locked in.”
That same afternoon, Tiffany went straight to the company’s main Slack channel and Instagram Story and started bragging.
“Guys!! For team building this year, I locked down a private boutique estate in Napa!!”
“Sign up in the Slack thread—food, drinks, entertainment, all free. U-pick as much as you want, and you can bring family too!”
The comments filled up with coworkers gushing about how resourceful Tiffany was, how she’d found the perfect spot.
Even the boss, Mr. Preston, praised her for “going above and beyond.”
Scrolling through screen after screen of praise, I was speechless.
She wanted to freeload off my private property, use my estate to buff her own reputation and play the hero?
Not without my say-so.
A New Hire Booked My Luxury Napa Estate For $150 — So I Had Her Arrested Chapter 09 That TikTok’s comment section had flipped—from one-sided support to a flood of skepticism. Tiffany hadn’t seen this coming. She’d tried to crush me with public opinion, and public opinion had turned around and buried her instead. The […]
A New Hire Booked My Luxury Napa Estate For $150 — So I Had Her Arrested Chapter 08 The next morning, I opened my phone. The estate’s official Instagram inbox had been flooded with hundreds of DMs. Most were insults, jump-on-the-bandwagon hate. A few outright threats to come make a scene at the estate. Google
A New Hire Booked My Luxury Napa Estate For $150 — So I Had Her Arrested Chapter 07 The next morning, I got a call from Whitaker & Co.—their attorney, Attorney Chen. “Ms. Ashford, Mr. Whitaker asked me to inform you that after considering yesterday’s events, we’ve decided to terminate all ongoing partnerships with your
A New Hire Booked My Luxury Napa Estate For $150 — So I Had Her Arrested Chapter 06 At the Sheriff’s Station, the hallway was packed. Mr. Preston and coworkers were huddled along the walls in twos and threes. Some were on the phone. Some had their heads down. Every eye in the room turned
A New Hire Booked My Luxury Napa Estate For $150 — So I Had Her Arrested Chapter 05 I wasn’t surprised. Over a hundred people trespassing on a private estate, destroying property, refusing to leave. That’s exactly what follows a 911 call. “So?” “Elena, get over here right now! Mr. Preston’s here too! Come explain!”
A New Hire Booked My Luxury Napa Estate For $150 — So I Had Her Arrested Chapter 04 Seeing that I wasn’t reacting, Tiffany assumed she’d bullied me into submission. She turned around and started painting a glowing picture of the retreat on Slack. “Guys, all-you-can-pick fruit! Seasonal cherries, strawberries—unlimited!!” “BBQ ingredients on the estate!
A New Hire Booked My Luxury Napa Estate For $150 — So I Had Her Arrested Chapter 03 Before I could finish, Tiffany cut in. “Okay okay, Elena, we’re all trying to do what’s best for the company. Some things aren’t worth airing out.” The boss shot me a sideways glance. “For this retreat, Tiffany’s
A New Hire Booked My Luxury Napa Estate For $150 — So I Had Her Arrested Chapter 02 Listening to Tiffany’s righteous indignation, I nearly laughed. “I’ve made myself perfectly clear. The estate has a prior booking. There’s no availability.” “And the company that booked it is Whit—” Tiffany cut me off. “Just negotiate with
A New Hire Booked My Luxury Napa Estate For $150 — So I Had Her Arrested Chapter 01 The company was planning a team retreat, and the new administrative intern, Tiffany Hayes, cornered me privately. “Elena, I heard your family has a boutique estate up in Napa? For next week’s team building, let’s just go
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