The CEO's Secrets
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d, trying to process everything that has happened this morning. Too much has hap
ow softly in the wind, different colored leaves and flower petals f
because I know how it'll end ā me storming out of the house almost i
eces, but at times they
ng or walking inside without warning. Knocking to announce myself seems like the thing t
k on t
ng my brown ones. I haven't seen him in a few weeks, but he looks
smile forming on his li
aw you a few short weeks ag
lways reminds me of my childhood where my Father would turn me upside down and let m
the lounge room. I can already smell Mom's cooking wafting
I hear?" Mom calls
our marks all over it. Knowing her, she's been making my favorite cookies. M
Her touch always comforts me. When she pulls
" She asks, walking
onto the loung
g a grape out of the fruit bowl, "How ab
re saving up for a trip
mazing. If I didn't have classes
tir, "Maybe we can plan to
odding in
aring lunch. She's cooked a whole a** roast just for me. I'll h
ple plates and bowls of veggies and meats. Mom makes a
over. Mom talks about wanting to get another dog after our last dog, Buddy, passed away a few short months ago. I
I take a deep breath before speaking, tak
spilt coffee on a man by accident, but the woman whose drink i
e for a moment, and t
ad is the first to speak, "
u thin
ent for a job interview today at EarthX
ows a tad, "Really?
ot normally how she responses to big changes in my life. Normally she's
rned out to be the CEO and it was a coincidence tha
rward on her elbows, watching me carefully, "I know how str
nks,
om changes the topic,
gether and tell them about my major creative writing piece I'm working
Dylan?" Mom
. He told me to pas
y boy. I'm so glad you're hanging out with him and not
ildhood friends name. I haven't thought about him in years
ou always do this. A bad influence? He was my
ble and the look Dad gives me
u to underage parties and would want to see you every weekend. You neve
en my parents, "Because you wouldn't let me live my life. Ashton introduced me to a whole world outside of my bedr
ead, "That wasn'
rds. She didn't know Ashton like I did, so I won't allow her
t have to worry about him because we're not friends
storm inside. When I reach the kitchen, I hear
uts, her voice echoing through
d this! I'm