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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out his coffee. “This is hilarious. Do you think she realized

messing with her?”

Anton says, shaking his head. “It adds

of it all, my phone rings. The laughter dies down a bit as I

“It’s Mr. Thompson,” I announce before

you’ve seen the article.” His voice is stern, making

was… just discussing it with my team,” I reply, shooting a look at everyone

“Quite the story, huh?”

the tension emanating through the phone. “I don’t

This is terrible press for someone who is competing

thinking?”

what’s happening. “Mr. Thompson, I

We found out too late, and we thought responding this way would

discreditable.”

more cautious, Abby. Such naivety doesn’t bode

my stomach knotting, the weight of his

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