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Honey, why are you looking at boring reports? And what are you building?

Fabian:

Ummmm I fucked an engineer one time but I don’t remember his name.

This is all a secret… we broke into Zac’s room and stole the plans for the ski resort he wants to build but then suddenly nobody will talk about. And now we can’t read some of the stuff.

There’s a moment of absolute nothing in the chat, and I bite my lip. Was that too much all at once?

Fabian:

Who’s we?

Dustin:

I am so PROUD of you!

Sophie:

I thought we were befriending Zac? Why are we stealing from him?

We’re going to put it back. Wait a sec

The explanation is too long to type, so while Zoe, Garrett, and Cam watch, I send a voice message with the short version of everything that happened tonight.

Fabian:

Ohhhhhh. Okay, we can help! Not me, though. Where’s Hagen?

Dustin:

Calling him now… could he still be at work?

Hagen:

What is WRONG with you people? I was just about to get head from my hot vampire boyfriend, and my phone starts blowing up! Now he’s all “it might be important” and won’t touch me until I check it!

Sophie:

LISTEN TO RONAN’S MESSAGE

There’s a short delay.

Hagen:

Oh yeah, I can help with that. After I get head, though. Send me the reports, and I’ll have a look later.

I blink at the screen. He can help?Hagen?I don’t want to question his expertise, but… most of what I’ve heard about him has been along the lines of “irresponsible fuckboy.”

Dustin:

Perfect! Hagen’s a specialist in operations planning and rollout, Ronan. He knows enough about this stuff to say if the resort is feasible on that land.

I exhale with relief and send a silent thanks to Dustin.

Thank you! I’ll send them now. Enjoy your head.

Blinking, I wonder if I can take back that message. Did I really write…?

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