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After that day, Chase did great. He worked
hard, and didn’t try to annoy me.
Online, the drama of me and him slowly
faded.
The internet had short attention spans, things
would move on soon enough.
I was with Chase for a month and almost to
the end. Then, Mrs. Thompson called.
“You’ve been amazing, I had the other half
million sent to your account. Thank you for
everything you’ve done with Chase.”
I was a little lost, I’d been his girlfriend for
Г
I was done with my deal. I had my money, the
time was up, and my mission to “fix” him was
finished.
“It was no problem, I did what I had to do.”
I was humble, after all, I did make a million
from it.
I talked to Mrs. Thompson about Chase.
She was a little sad. “I was so busy that I
missed out on his life. By the time I was able
to, I wasn’t needed anymore. I couldn’t fix
him, or control him.
“But I couldn’t watch him throw his life away.
So I had to do this. You kids understand each
other better than I can. It was the right
L
I stayed quiet.
I ended the call, and saw Chase standing
there.
He didn’t look good.
I paused, and asked, “Why are you here? Is
the filming done for the day?”
He was cold.
It was like when I had first moved in, he was
telling me to get lost.
And he did, with his head down.
He ignored me for the rest of the day, doing
his work and going around me.
He was back to being stubborn, trying to end
things.
I thought it was silly. It was almost over, and I
wasn’t going to cause more trouble.
But if I didn’t yell at him, he was going to do
something stupid.
The show had the guests bring in their friend
for the last episode.
The crew was asking who Chase would bring.
One of the guests mentioned Tiffany, “Chase
is always with Tiffany, right? She’s coming?”
I was watching and drinking tea.
Chase did not say no, he was looking at his
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I was almost done, how could I let him mess
this up at the end!
I crushed my paper cup, thinking of how cold
he had been, it made my blood boil.
I yelled, “Chase Sterling! You’re about to lose
it! Get over here!”
Everyone jumped. Chase’s first move was to
run over to me.
He had no idea what he had done, but he got
on his knees and grabbed his ears. “I’m so
sorry, baby! I messed up!”
The cameras were still on and the crew was
staring with shock on their faces.
