Vulnerable (Barons of Sodom) (23 page)

Hi Elliot,

It was really
wonderful meeting you this afternoon. I’m so thrilled that you called me in
discuss a position at FootSoldier. I know I told you that I’d like the day to
think about your offer, but a few hours have been plenty. I’d be happy to
accept my first assignment—the story we discussed this morning—and will begin
working on it immediately. Thank you again for giving me this incredible
opportunity. You won’t regret it, I promise you.

Sincerely,

Logan Farrah

I’ve only just
hit send and stood up from my desk when a response from Elliot comes whizzing into
my inbox.

Logan,

Fantastic
news. Glad to have you with us. Go ahead and start your preliminary research at
once. You’ll have all the resources you need from FootSoldier along the way,
that I can assure you. You’re going to do a great job—let me know if you have
any questions.

Cheers,

E.S.

You’re going to
do a great job. I read those words over and over again. Encouragement is such
an unfamiliar concept to me that it almost feels like a foreign language. But
no more moping about that. I’ve got work to do.

I spend the rest
of the evening combing through my classmates’ social media pages, university
forums, and obscure chatrooms, searching for ways into The Club. It’s
surprisingly easy to figure out which of my college acquaintances have been there
before. In no time, I stumble upon a Facebook exchange between a few well-off
girls who lived in my freshman year dorm. Their ringleader, a girl named Kari,
seems hell-bent on visiting The Club, and is trying to talk her friends Ani and
Brie into coming along. Bingo.