GoldieGirl19:Not even close. I got invited to a masquerade at the Crestwood Estate.
I considered Esmer and Isaac my best friends, even though I’d never met either of them in person. We’d met on a fanfiction site five years before and had bonded over each other’s stories, and with time our conversations about grammar and plot twists had developed into conversations of a much more personal nature. Even before I’d known their real first names, I’d told Esmer and Isaac things I’d never mentioned to anyone in my real life, things that felt strange to say out loud.
GoldieGirl19:I’ve told you guys about the Crestwoods right?
47Blob:those weird guys who live in that mansion on the cliff?
GoldieGirl19:they’re not weird. they’re billionaires.
GoldieGirl19:okay, they’re probably weird.
GoldieGirl19:but in that rich, mysterious way
47Blob:so why did they invite YOU to this masquerade thing?
GoldieGirl19:no idea
47Blob:so don’t go.
47Blob:they’re probably murderers or something
GoldieGirl19:what?!
GoldieGirl19:what makes you assume that???
47Blob:they’re secretive and reclusive
47Blob:and let’s be real, billionaires get away with murder all the time.
GoldieGirl19:still, the chances of that seem slim.
GoldieGirl19:I feel like if they just wanted to murder me they wouldn’t have gone through the trouble of throwing a masquerade
47Blob:maybe it’s one of those weird rich people parties where they invite a bunch of poor people and then hunt them for sport
GoldieGirl19:pretty sure that’s not actually a thing.
47Blob:it could be.
I should have expected that response from Isaac—he had a bad habit of wandering down strange internet rabbit holes and latching onto weirdo conspiracy theories. What surprised me more than anything was the fact that Esmer hadn’t offered her opinion on the matter.
GoldieGirl19:Esmer? what about you?
GoldieGirl19:do you think I should go?
It was a few seconds before she responded.
the_mEsmerizer:of COURSE you should go
the_mEsmerizer:and then you should seduce one of them and get him to take you down to his sex dungeon
the_mEsmerizer:let him do a bunch of kinky shit to you
the_mEsmerizer:and then take full advantage of the perks of being a billionaire’s lover
I laughed at the idea, even as my cheeks grew hot. I’d definitely read my fair share of raunchy fanfiction—and even tried writing a little—but I didn’t have the confidence or experience to pull off something like that.
GoldieGirl19:I can try, but my seduction skills are a little rusty
