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I huggedood whiff of o, I took the steps leading up to my brother’s luxurious private jet From the top of the stairs, I waved at them, and they waved back, with one ar at h-but-da-emotional face My mom slipped on a pair of shades so I couldn’t see if her eyes were still weepy or not

When the pilot closed the door, I settled in a seat near the plane wings so that I didn’t feel as if there was nothing beneath me A mindfuck, just so I can force myself to fly

The plane engines geared up, and I leaned back and closedon my left hand round and round

Heights and Ilet’s just say we don’t go well

My brother saved hts once, and he’s the only one I feel safe with I wouldn’t be caught dead flying commercial But this is his plane And when I opened e on one of the seats that read, Just hang in there It’ll be over in a second

I laughed, and now I’ to so “I Lived” on replay as the plane finally lands in Chicago My home for the next three months and the internship that will be the first step of many, many I need to take to make my career dreams come true

My brother Tahoe and his girlfriend pick me up at the airport in a very dirty Rolls-Royce Ghost I swear ive a shit about using theirl who stores her favorite purse with filler and in double dust bags and then in a box, rarely using it for fear of scratching it Tahoe doesn’t even care enough to bother to pay someone to clean his 300k car

We reach a beautiful, tall skyscraper in the Loop, and take the elevator up

He kisses my cheek after we board

“Stay out of the clubs, Liv,” Tahoe whispers A warning

“Leave her alone, you big bully,” his girlfriend defends me

Where ina is curvy and dark-haired and sultry

He pins her at his side and kisses her silent, a big sroan as if she doesn’t like it But she flushes, so she obviously does “I’rins down at her with a special look in his eyes he gets only when he looks at her, and then looks at me somberly “Seriously Stay out of the clubs”

I groan “I’m not interested, okay? I came here to work Plus I survived seven years in Texas without you policing htly activities”

But the truth is, I love es but he means well I love my family and I want them to be proud of me