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I love Katelyn

Fuck it all, I love her

But I can’t be with her

The truth

The truth of my oords

The truth is that I’m no better than Anthony DeCarlo

I’m no one I’m everyone

My past no longer matters

Except that it does

And I can’t get any more deeply involved

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Katelyn

I’m back at my place, showered and dressed in navy pants, a white blouse, a string of faux pearls around ain

“Hi there,” I say into the phone

“Hey Just got hoht”

“Yeah?”

“Reid needs an assistant His former assistant, Terrence, had to…leave”

“He did?”

“Yeah Long story that I don’t want to get into But I said to him, ‘what about Katelyn?’ And my sweet husband said he’d be happy to talk to you”

“Assistant to the CEO—”

“He’s the COO, actually His brother Rock is the CEO”

“Whatever The top two guys in the company? I’m not qualified, Zee”

“Can you type?”

“Yeah Iin school just like everyone else”

“Can you read?”

“Zee, what kind of question is that?”

“It’s a valid one these days, and I already know you can You’re a smart woman, Katelyn You can do this”

“I don’t know anything about running an office”

“Rock’s assistant, Jarrod, will train you Each office works differently No ”

“I have no experience I was on e when all this shit went down, Zee I have no experience in the real world”

“You don’t want an office job?”

“Sure, I’d love an office job One that I’ entry level”

A sigh from Zee, and then a cute little oink fro, and Nora’s having trouble latching on”

“Nora?”

“Yeah That’s our nickname for Honor My sister-in-law Lacey came up with it”

“Yeah, cute But Zee—”