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“Thought I’d find you here,” he said “You’ve got to pry yourself away froether while you were on vacation, but you can’t try to fit it all back in by just staying there overnight,” he teased

“Shut up,” I said “What did you bring?”

“Chicken,” he said

The lights were still on over the patio out back, and the teht the food outside rather than settling into the breakrooh food for about five people Which h for the two of us We dove into the fried chicken, biscuits,race season This was always an exciting time of the year A fresh season of races stretched in front of us, and everything was electric with possibility and potential I pointedly didn’t uide the conversation in that direction and looked atto take the bait

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Merry

Merry’s log Star date… I didn’t know What did that really randmother’s deep devotion to Star Trek in all its various iterations, it didn’t rub off on ht have inherited more of my features and characteristics from her than any other member ofwith my almond eyes or the weird way randrit but everybody else knoas just stubbornness Whatever it was and for whatever reason I had it, it hat fueled

My interaction with Quentin was still bothering me After all, he wasn’t even the one who hiredmy quality of work or the value of my contribution to his co his mother and brother, believed he was in need of my professional services So, he should have just accepted their input, respected ivenme failures

Of course, that was also a fairly ridiculous way to look at it Regardless of who hiredto be beneficial to the company and its success, Quentin owned the company and was the one who ran it His opinion was actually the only one that really ht down to it He had the ability to decide I wasn’t doing well enough or that he didn’t needto let that happen Aswith it, his arrogance and assury I didn’t like the way he’d treatedand especially didn’t like the thought of hi to think that way He seemed like one of those people who floated around at the top of every situation he ever encountered No matter what, if there was a food chain, he was at the head of it and he was comfortable with that

But I was going to prove hi to show him his assuood at what I did, but I was going to take that expertise and those skills and use thee into shape Once he sahat a difference good social er assuain At least not about me

Before heading into the office, I took a few o back over all the work I’d cofas and the people orked in the content plans and schedules Managing the presence of such a large, dyna a picture up or sharing posts h the accounts Minnie gave me access to for me at to realize just how extensive the reach of the coles I would have to use to approach the communities that made up the fans

Rather than just one type of person or one type of fandom, I needed to familiarize myself with the various different people who enjoyed bike racing From the people who loved the adrenaline and competition of the races themselves, to those more interested in the machines, to the ones who poised themselves as devotees of the riders, there were different fans to appeal to on each platform There was also the need to reach out to si si exposed to it