Page 12 of Sharing Shadow Secrets

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I guess I’m buying a company … or at least my trust fund is. They need my signature.

Taylor

Have they heard of Docusign?

I laugh. If only.

Brandon

They don’t let you Docusign this kind of deal.

Taylor

You’re serious? Like … you are actually asking me to join you in Switzerland?

Brandon

We could hang there for a couple of days. Then I have an extended Bachelor party trip in Germany next week.

Taylor

Your life is crazy.

Brandon

I know. Trust me. I would rather be going out to dinner with you tonight.

Taylor

I can’t just hop on a plane. My life doesn’t work like that.

Brandon

Understood. So, tonight, the reservation is under my name, and they have a card on file so get whatever you want.

Taylor

I would feel too weird having a fancy dinner on your tab without you being there.

Brandon

You’re spending Kent Dubois’s money. Not mine. I want you to go.

Taylor

Let me see if one of my roommates can join me.

I want her to go, to have this experience, even if it’s without me. If she likes it, we can always go back together.

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I’ve never dated a rich guy before. Quickly searching Kent Dubois’s net worth, I find the answer: thirteen billion.Fuck.That’s insane. I no longer feel that weird about a likely two-thousand-dollar dinner.

My roommates and I are all working from home today. I could work from my laptop in Switzerland or call in sick, but I don’t know this guy. It’s too soon to do something like that. I could be the next true crime documentary: silly girl gets whisked away on jet never to be seen again.

In the living room, I find Morgan and Gwen staring down on their laptops, both in athletic shorts and baggy T-shirts. Morgan and I are about the same size and swap clothes often. Gwen though, I don’t know if my calf could even get up the leg of her shorts.

“I need you two to rock, paper, scissors.”

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