Chapter 27
Juno
I feel melancholy on the flight back to LA.
I clearly liked Gainesville more than I thought I would. I miss it already. And it goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway: it is not my fake boyfriend that I’m moping about. Nope. It’s the city of Gainesville, and I’m sticking to that.
When I get home, I finally call Pearl back—she’s been trying to get an update on my “relationship,” so I have to very pointedly remind her that a) a lady doesn’t kiss and tell, and b) I’ve signed an NDA.
After Pearl lets me go, I prepare jugs of water with fertilizer in them. These are common tools of my trade, and I’ll need them to revitalize the pothos plants at the Smiths’ Family Estate—one of my key clients.
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As I listen to my audiobook and take care of the plants, I almost mana
