Fifteen days ago.
Just when their team seemed to have found a rhythm and they were progressing daily, Diana was hit with an unexpected ultimatum.
"The project we've been working on for the past few months has been terminated," their team leader said in the evening.
"...What? But why?!" Diana couldn't help but exclaim because of the shock.
"Well…" The man scratched his head uncomfortably when he was questioned by Diana.
Even though he was the team leader, it could be said that most of the work was being done by Diana instead. Normally, this would have bruised his ego, but since he was aware of her circumstances, he just let her be.
With a sigh, he continued, "There's nothing we can do here. The person who was funding our research messaged the research director yesterday that he would be pulling away his funding."
