I’m standing in the middle of the restaurant, my phone clutched in my hand as I stare at the screen. The

headline glares back at me: “Inside Abby’s Bizarre World: A Journey into the Mind of a Lunatic.”

“Guys, you have to see this,” I say, grinning as I turn the screen towards Daisy, Chloe, Karl, John, Ethan,

and Anton.

Karl starts to chuckle. “Oh my god, look, she included my quote—’it’s like being a hamster on a disco ball:

spinning but fabulous.”

Daisy snickers. “That was pure gold, Karl. I’m surprised you came up with that one.”

Chloe leans over my shoulder. “And she actually wrote about your ‘commute from Mars’? How gullible

was this lady?”

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laughs so hard he almost spits out his coffee.

messing with her?”

Anton says, shaking his head. “It adds to the mystery,

we’re reveling in the absurdity of it all, my phone rings. The laughter dies down a bit as I glance

“It’s Mr. Thompson,” I announce

morning. I presume you’ve seen the article.”

I reply, shooting a

“Quite the story, huh?”

practically feel the tension emanating through the

Abby. This is terrible press for someone who is

thinking?”

bite my lip, realizing the gravity of what’s happening. “Mr.

fraud. We found out too late, and we thought responding

discreditable.”

been more cautious, Abby. Such naivety doesn’t bode well in the

weight of his words crushing my earlier triumph. “I

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