Chapter Six
SIX
Ginny: What’s your first name?
Shepherd: I beg your pardon
Ginny: Don’t play games with me. I need to know your first name. It’s bound to come up tomorrow with Mom and if I don’t know it, I’ll look like an idiot
Shepherd: Aaaaaaand that is different from normal, how?
Ginny: Haha
Ginny: Fine. I’ll just ask Noah
Shepherd: typing …
Ginny: It’s weird how you’re not on any social media, btw
Shepherd: Have you been stalking me online, Miss Kent? This is exactly the reason why I don’t have a tweetface or an instantpic. To keep people like you out of my business
Ginny: I beg YOUR pardon???? What people like me?
Shepherd: You know. Who wants a bunch of beautiful women blowing up their phones in the middle of the night?
Ginny: Well well well
Ginny: Frank???
Shepherd: No. Not even close
Shepherd: Noah not responding to your texts?
Ginny: Don’t you worry about Noah. I’ll get him to reply
Ginny: I get you to reply, don’t I?
Ginny: Me and my fellow beautiful women have conferences on how to get men to reply to us when we blow up their phones
Shepherd: I knew it
Ginny: Your last name is Shepherd. Right?
Ginny: What if it’s your first name? Is it your first name??? Shepherd is your FIRST name and your last name is something like
Ginny: Meatdrapes
Ginny: No. Smith?
Ginny: Wait. That’s someone else
Shepherd: It’s my last name. My first name is none of your concern
Ginny: I am your fake girlfriend. I need to know your real first name
Ginny: To sell the lie, you see
Shepherd: Yeah yeah sure
Shepherd: NOW you want to compare notes. I tried to get you to do this earlier today, if you will remember
Ginny: What? You? Want to make an extensively detailed plan?
Ginny: I never heard such a thing
Shepherd: You’re fired and I’m serious this time
Ginny: Whatever you say, Alistair (?)
Shepherd: No
Shepherd: You’re embarrassing yourself, Virginia
Ginny: OOOOOOHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Ginny: I’m not fired. I QUIT
Shepherd: You can’t quit. I fired you already
Ginny: Hold please. Incoming text from Noah
Shepherd: typing …
Ginny: Weelllllllll what do we have here hmmmmm
Shepherd: typing …
Ginny: Funny how someone named PRESTON thinks they have any right to mock MY NAME
Shepherd: Damn it
Shepherd: You can have your job back as long as you promise not to tell Max
Ginny: Deal
1:27 a.m.
Ginny: I am sorry about my tongue