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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.