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Chapter 1
Rueger
“I knohat you want,” Lexi half shouts as she approachesher order pad in hts up my very soul
You have no fucking idea what I want If you did, you’d be probably be running
But I’d be chasing you
Moe’s is busier than usual today, but even when it’s quiet, it’s loud Custoht back
I nod and watch the pencil slip fro a loose tendril of hair so that it glints in the sunlight She scribbles downon her heel, and without another word, she’s heading toward the kitchen
The shouting is part of the shtick here
Moe’s Loud Vegan Deli The name says it all
I shift a bit in the hard, wooden chair, trying to keeptoo painful inside ht out the door, disappearing beyond the long expanse of s that cross the front of Moe’s
My venture capital will do well here It will be my last handpicked baby before I turn over the reins ofsure our return on our investment pans out on this one
Even without s frouidance from my team on the expansion Fuck, the first tier two an delis, and nothing I’ve seen since has changed my mind
The day I ca lady as to be ram for low-risk offenders on probation For each sponsorship, I pick a new state froed to someone special to me, which I keep in my office Inside are the remainder of the fifty states I’d written down on folded scraps of yellow legal paper six years ago when I started this
New geography for each mentee immerses me in their world Allows me to focus on them and to see life from another perspective Every city has a soul and a vibe of its own
My program has been successful for years, with over six thousand mentors across the country It’s another baby of mine, and that day I was here to meet her
Little did I kno e that day
Lexi Chase
Feon Three arrests, all for petty theft What caught my eye hat she had stolen
First offense was for stealing a stuffed sloth toy froift shop
Second offense was for lifting three of those candy necklaces frostore
Third, and this one still has e of adult diapers
Since we’ve been spending tiether, I found out the story on that last one