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By the time I chased him down and pinned
him on the floor, Mrs. Thompson called.
I sat on his back, warning him to stay silent
before taking the call.
“Hey Alex, are you working on Chase?”
I was stunned, How did she know?
“Go check the news when you’re done, I
don’t want to bother you.” She hung up,
sounding quite happy about the whole thing.
I opened social media and saw that Tiffany
and Chase were trending.
The scoop was, Tiffany was on a reality show,
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and during a game she had to call her best
friend and have them send her 500k to prove
their friendship.
Tiffany called Chase to use him, of course.
That’s when I had been in the bathroom.
In the video, she said confidently, “Chase, I
need some cash, can you send me 500k?”
But Chase, who had never said no to her,
hesitated, and asked, “Is this a scam?”
The crew and audience went crazy trying not
to laugh.
Tiffany turned red and said, “No, it’s me! It’s
Tiffany! You can’t tell it’s me?”
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Chase didn’t say anything for a minute, and
then said, “It’s not hard to do voices.”
Tiffany had been so sure it was a win, now
she couldn’t find a way to recover.
“Okay, okay, it’s just a game. I have to ask a
friend for 500k. If it’s me, Chase, would you
send it?”
But Chase didn’t play along. “Sorry, I don’t
have the money to lend you. Ask someone
else.”
Then there was me smacking him and the
sounds of our fight after.
Now everyone was talking about ‘Tiffany’s scam gone wrong‘, ‘Chase’s anti–scam
awareness‘ and ‘Chase talking back‘.
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And Chase’s fans were ecstatic.
“He doesn’t have money! And he said no!
This is amazing! He’s done being a hopeless
romantic!”
“No more romance–brain! He’s done with the
gold digger!”
“Did anyone else catch what Chase said at
the end? And who was that voice in the
background?”
“Last show I thought there was something
up! Is that his girl?”
“I’m here for it, he’s finally got a woman that
can handle him!”
I was shocked that I had accused Chase for
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He was still pinned, and I had bruises all over
from my attack. I sighed and got off of him.
“Next time, say something, dude.”
Chase sat up and pulled up his shirt to look at
his bruises. He was so upset, “You didn’t give
me a chance to explain.
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I knew I was wrong, so I touched his side,
“Sorry about that. I’ll make it up to you. You want anything, I’m in.”
He was sulking, but then his eyes lit up.
“Really? Anything?”
“Don’t push it.”
“I want you to go to the show with me!” He’d
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I smacked him, “Are you crazy? Are you trying
to get us exposed to the world?!”
He went for the backup plan, “Fine, then you
can be my assistant.”
I thought about it. It wasn’t the worst idea.
