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“Yes I know I’ht now, but I wanted to know if you really want to hand over your company to a bunch of sons of bitches who can’t even allow you tihter I don’t knowall aboutlife better for others”

“Innovation today for a custoo of the door and hanging his blond head He stood there for a e, lived off cereal and noodles building TWM I still reht my first actual office on top of a Chinese restaurant It was just ht I had really made it then… Now I have over a hundred thousand employees across the country; believe it or not, I know all their names”

“I believe you, and I believe you don’t want to just give up and hand theht now”

He shook his head “Eli, I don’t care If they want to take TWM, let thehter alone, especially not today Not the day I lost o to the block party I won’t sit in a board roo to their bullshit—”

“I’ll take her” Why a with me!

“What?” His eyebrows frowned together

“Thewill take what, an hour? Two? Molly can’t be outside without being o and beat the shit out of the suits, I will go with her to the party I’ll ood time, and then you can meet up with us”

“Eli—”

“It’s 1:31 You can still make it I have your information, and my driver will pick up Molly and me—”

“Why?” He cutthis far? We live in the sa, but we aren’t friends You didn’t even knohen I came in here So why?”

I thought about it for a moment, and all I could think of was Guinevere and what she had once said to me

“Do you kno many crappy people we meet a day in this city? I don’t want to be one of the for it, so I’ive up yet; what kind of exa up when the world knocks you on your ass, so out my hand for him

He looked down and sed “Please help me, Eli”

“Of course”

As happy as I was to help him, for some reason I wanted to call up Guinevere and tell her I wasn’t as ht