The Billionaire's Assistant

g speed with which it happened made me wonder if I'd imagined my whole encounter. Tha

ender shampoo, could still fell the soft skin of her

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ses-they were the colors of the rainbow. Seriously what's with her and rainbows?-

by three o'clock I'd replayed my conversation with her about a million times, give or take.

when Cinderella ran except this C

ers repeatedly in front o

some lip-gloss. She still had the I-couldn't-give-two-fucks-if-I-tr

it today," I rubbed my

y email or text if you need me, I'd rather you didn't call," s

. Today's

didn't question it because she never took out of her vacation time

l text if

in touch with your mom. She called about three times just this hour asking of you. You could continue ignoring her

he turned on her heel a

he minute they said those words but of course I wouldn

ing to continue ignoring my mother I unzipp

full ludicrousness of what I was a

ives — but I didn't know anything about her and short of typing 'how to find the strange masked woman with rainbow

ers behind my head an

k Ca

t a million and one times, there w

clicked. T

with each other and if anyon

d like, I grabbed the keys to my inconspicuous Honda, shrugged on my favor

ack in time close up shop for me, will ya, Willo

hand through her slate grey hair. Willow was the only o

do it? Where

before stepping into the elevator an

p of Google Maps I pa

ut and

rettes and the loud music it became apparent how small the

ast night that turned to attend to me. I recognized hi

t you?" His vo

d into a wooden stool and survey

r liquid was placed before m

arted cleanin

. "Looking for someone and

up but otherwise hi

ght. She had this rainbow hair and she wore this pin

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as genuinel

u're looking for the girl with the mask, right?" I nodded. "Good

mean good luc

or what she looks like, she only appears at

ed I uttered a

he's playing a gig at a pool party

thank

napkin and handed it to me. "But

ething out. Th

as out of the bar

twirling the piece of

te o

ew who would help me with a pl

ine and made my way

," I said burstin

om his chair and came arou

im the address and started pacing. "I

rty. It's cool I

ed into his face. He noticed

that you don't k

be asking. I used to do business with William's father, after the old man retired he transferred everythi

s arm and attempted to push him out of the door

bbed where they'd been. "What's wrong with you? Why are you so in a rush anyway? Yesterday I had to drag

n overstuffed black leather chair, close

t voice sliced through the haze of black I w

open and frown. "No, Eddie

's hazel eyes. I could understand his disbelieve but the hurt struck me as

man in the world. Where he was serious and prone to planning everything to a T, I was more in-the-moment and

HQ to Florida. Eddie and I used to be neighbors, we went to the same schools but only bonded through our love for violent video games. When we weren't in school we

with words. But he was a damned good photographer according to what I heard in the rumor mills. We had this unspoken agreement to never be in the s

ht we still played, just infrequently. These days he seemed to be more busy than us

sper said before

sn't anything pers

cool bro

his face and I internally ro

ut and for the next two hours I watched Casper work, paced about and even fell in and out of a fitfu

pacing and swearing when I

xplode from impatience and my nerves and one wro

it?" his fingers formed a steeple

mped with joy when I saw that I'd successfully

ignedly, "fine, fine. Let's go," he grabbed his jacket that was

s of what I was about to do. I had no idea if she'd even want to talk me and most

sper when I stopp

way to