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Jade

The blinding sunlight pouring into my room caused me to wake from my slumber. Sleeping naked has always been one of my favorite pastimes. You should try it. Anyway, I checked my phone to see that it was nearing 10am. I rolled out of bed and drugged to my bathroom to turn on the shower. Once it was hot enough, I stepped in and let the water consume my body. My arm was still hurting but thankfully the wound didn't bleed through the bandage. I think I did a pretty decent job. I'm not 100% sure if it would heal as is, but it was good enough for now. After my shower, I took the bandage off the wound to clean it and redress it. I really have a hole in my arm. I still couldn't believe I got shot and I'm still alive to tell the story. Talk about cheating death.

As I sat down at my kitchen counter with my mug of coffee, I pulled the files that I swapped closer to me. I wanted to read them before I had to give them to Aaron later. The file was a legally binding contract between some guy names Andre Stone and Jesse Lopez. "Jesse Lopez?" I said thinking on why this name sounded familiar. Suddenly, it hit me. "J. L.... Jesse Lopez. The guy from last night. Oh my... am I setting him up?" I asked myself out loud. Well, it makes sense why Aaron sent me to his building last night. The contract is an NDA that states that whoever this Andre Stone guy is, is not supposed to speak of any of the procedures involving the opening and running of Scarlett Chains casino in Vegas. It says that if he breaks this contract, he will initially be fined $1.5 million. "Yikes" I said reading along.

The rest of the contract basically said that if anything like espionage or leakage of the company's accounts and assets were to occur due to Andre's initial breaking of the contract, he would face a fine of 5 times the first amount and a possible prison sentence. "Damn, I wouldn't want to get on this man's bad side" I said to myself. I can't believe the same fine man that I saw at the party, and who I finally met last night, is the same man that Aaron had me setting up. And I'd be stupid not to see that this is part of a bigger plan. I can't entertain this man AND still work to set him up. Can I? That would just be wrong, but it could also be very exciting.

"What am I thinking?" I said out loud trying to shake the thought. "Come on, let's be honest. You loved that rush you had last night running from the guard. Plus, you got shot and lived, who's to say you can't do that shit again?" I heard and I jumped back on the stool, damn near falling backwards. I was faced with a being that looked like me. It WAS me. "What the fuck .." I trailed off staring back at myself. "Yes bitch, I'm you. You're me. We're we. Get a grip. We have to figure this out. You can definitely let this man wine and dine you, maybe even dick you down from time to time. AND you can still work for Aaron, doing whatever task he has you do next. You boutta be rolling in money sis, and this is what you been working for." She, well I said to myself.

"This is not real

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"This is not real. This is not real. This is not real" I said to myself squeezing my eyes shut trying to make it go away. I opened my eyes and didn't see myself staring back at me anymore and sighed in relief. "Okay that was weird, I'm definitely tripping" I said grabbing my coffee and getting up. The second I turned around, I saw her, well myself, on my couch. "Yeah, you're definitely tripping if you don't do both. You sooo can do this with ease. You have the right edge and fire to do this. You damn near have Aaron wrapped around your finger, and this Jesse guy clearly likes what he sees. You can have them so blinded by what they think they're getting, and you're playing. I'm only gonna say this once and then leave you alone until you need another reality check. Baby you can have it all, just take that first step. If I'm right, which come on, I'm always right, you won't even have to do much. Be like Nike and Just DO IT. Corny, but you get my point. I'll be watching" and with a smile and wink, she disappeared.

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