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I stare out the planeat Chicago beneath me My home for the next three months

My best friends, Farrah and Veronica, didn’t believe the news

They weren’t the only ones who didn’t believe the news Nobody in the entire Hill Country believed me, not even my dream employer, Daniel Radisson, head of Radisson Investments in Austin, who refused et some experience somewhere else and come back to him when I was ready I stopped by to tell hi back to work for him when I finished

“You found an internship at the biggest fir his head incredulously as he took in my fashionable pu

I blinked at his coe to steal ers behind my back as I said a little fib

I loathed adot the job for me

I hate lying, so I resisted, but I hate being underestimated more

My brotherto be the one who keeps it and climbs the ranks on my own merit No favors from anyone anymore One day I will have my own business and help people realize their own dreams

“My brother is friends with the CEO, and they were happy to have me on board,” I said—which, technically, is true Tahoe actually only said, Talked to Carmichael Send all paperwork to this email Start first week of June

“Happy” wasn’t reed, then I assu on board

At least I am

I’ve been underestihteenth birthday present, my brother sentwas oui Huge disappointment to my parents, antedlady So I don’t pick up foreign languages easily? It’s not the end of the world I have a business degree, and I have big dreams

So the last week of May, all packed and ready and with one wistful last look at the bedrooe years and adult life, I take a risk—not only did I leave home, but I actually caved in to my brother’s insistence to send his jet to pick me up and fly me to the Windy City

There were tears when e into the trunk of the family SUV, and more tears as we reached the airport

Definitely I was the one e

It doesn’t ot punched in the nuts when he tried to feel