Sunday, April 20, 2025

Interned (Part 4)

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Reclaiming his rightful reigns as the head of the company wasn’t easy. While he quickly able to prove who he was as well as develop a plan to boost the stock price an save everyone’s job, spinning the story of the turnaround needed some good PR.

The body swaps had already been mostly hidden from the public, so they weren’t about to put that out in the open. However, a story of a genius intern making herself known at just the right time to swoop in and save the company was a story they were sure they could spin. Though James knew why he never came forward, he still couldn’t explain why Sarah -- the intern who he had swapped into -- never did. He was certainly worried the report might bring her out, yet she still never showed up to claim her body or her life.

And though James did drop out of her college to work back at the company full time, he still popped into a party every now and again. He could still see the eyes of every guy in the room gloss over when he tried to talk, but now he knew it was just because they were dumb. Yet now they still hung on his every word, because when he was finished, the first words out of their mouths were “Can I have a job?” Of course, if they couldn’t actually listen and engage, they were the last people he’d ever hire at his company...

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