[Smilekat]

"You call this display of barbaric behavior handling your staff." Margarets voice was stony. This man apparently looked on the staff as his property to do with as he saw fit. "Let me make this clear, since you obviously don't understand, treating a young women like that is not appropriate or acceptable, no matter that she works for you or what she did, and its not legal either. Stop it now or I'll call the police." Actually if he struck the girl again she'd probably lose her temper and try to break his arm, but the police threat would likely frighten him more.

She walked over to where the girl had fallen and started to help her to her feet. It was then she realized it was Lily. She felt embarassed not to have recognized her before, and enraged to see her so fouly treated. There were glass cuts on her arms and her hand looked badly burned. Margaret kept careful control of her temper, wouldn't do to fly off the handle and beat the manager into the ground, that would only frighten Lily, who was upset enough as it is. "You're badly hurt dear, we should get you to a doctor, now." That would be best, remove the girl from the bad situation and get her medical treatment. That should be her first priority, the despicable man wasn't as important as tending to the girl.