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For the record? No one knows that But back to Paris

I re but safe naked times with beautiful boys, traveled all over, painted whenever the muse struck, and just lived Lived in that way you can only live in your early twenties, when nothing truly epic has happened yet, and it’s time to just dance

But then my father had a heart attack, which sobered , invincible father falter like that brought everything into focus Fa, and soon after his recovery, I was back in the fold as if I’d never left I’d hadI’d actuallywith numbers Safe, solid, wonderfully complex sih Early on, I got lucky with a co that license to fund my own start-up So I ithin the realm of the family business, but on my oo feet Which were still clad in coh I likedbrush strokes when I was puzzling out a particularly tricky problem Sometimes ISi h I was dying for an adventure!

"What’s up, Viv?" he asked "What’s going on?"

"Tellyou know about Mendocino," I said

"Mendocino? As in California? As in, three hours north of where I live?"

"That’s the one"

"Um, it’s on the beach"

"That’s descriptive"

"You want to tellon here?"

"I just found out that my Great-Aunt Maude, who I barely knew, passed away and leftthat co out?"

"Not sure yet," I replied, chewing on ernail, then sat on my hand Nasty habit

"What’s your fao My faernail Again! I grabbed a sock from the dresser and put it over my hand

"Wait, wait, so this is, like, all yours?"

"Apparently The attorney said I can go out there to sign everything and take possession, or he can handle selling everything for me"