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An idea popped into my head, and I sent out a quick text message, asking her if she could get me the home address of Taite DeRosa.

She answered back within seconds with the address, causing me to grin.

She was so awesome, and she hadn’t even asked any questions.

I definitely owed her an explanation… after.

Getting onto the website I’d saved, thinking maybe I should send it to my own sister because she was an ass, I typed in DeRosa’s address, then clicked ‘pay.’

The next thing I did was give Kaylee Adems an explanation, explaining why I’d wanted the information.

She’d responded back with “here’s his number, his other address, and his parents’ address.”

God, she was awesome.

I’d met Kaylee in high school, and she’d been a really good acquaintance.

It wasn’t that she wasn’t a friend, it was just that Kaylee didn’t have friends. She didn’t want them.

But after this, maybe she would be mine.

I seemed to need one, because it was my new mission in life to make Taite’s life suck.

* * *

1 month later

Printing off the ‘help wanted’ ad with Taite’s number on it, I started walking through a busy Dallas park, stapling them to any tree post that would hold it.

On and on I went, until every last page was stapled up.

Then I watched, and waited, and enjoyed.

Because almost every last tag was taken within the hour, and there was no doubt in my mind that Taite was already getting calls.

The videos started showing up an hour after that.

On the paper, it had a number and then ‘best Chewbacca impersonation wins.’ So the videos started rolling in of all these kids, young and old, calling in to Taite’s phone. They’d do their best Chewbacca impersonation, and then they’d post it on TikTok.

Some of the impersonations got hundreds of thousands of views. And then there were the people who would call just because they’d seen the videos.

It was glorious, and according to Kaylee, he had to change his phone number thirteen times that week, since I so helpfully kept handing out the new one.

* * *

Three weeks later

Grinning savagely at the live feed that Taite DeRosa was hosting, I waited for him to say something I could use.

Then it happened.

“Hey, did y’all see the new film yet with the girl who is running for her life from a crazy stalker? I can’t wait to see it. A buddy, Tim, is starring in it,” Taite said. “I heard it had a great twist at the end. Don’t tell, me, though!”

Grinning, because I knew I was about to piss him off, I started typing.

I wasn’t left in suspense long.

He was reading the comments aloud, smiling and replying to almost every single one.

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