[Scott come on he gets HIS ACCOUNTANTS to do his taxes. And his CFO. Don't you know anything about rich people.
For once, he doesn't take any notice of the young man's change in expression, his thoughts turning in a dozen different directions. Scott's question turns his focus to one of them, and he blinks briefly as if brought out of a daze as he follows that train. After another breath:]
His name is Ferran. He's about your age.
[Funny, how even here he's still using the boy. A tool to make himself seem pitiable, relatable, more sincere. Generous, even.
As far as telling Scott this, though, it only makes sense to offer the information after putting him through a taste of his impatient side.]
I started taking care of him close to a year ago. He lost his parents and was lucky to survive himself, so—the time I took off work then was spent helping him adjust.
[It had felt like he had even less time than usual, despite delegating tasks to the other board members—but he was so close to the end that it didn't matter if he was close to burning himself out from pretending for such long periods of time.
Being here, where he lives alone again, might almost have been a relief.]
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For once, he doesn't take any notice of the young man's change in expression, his thoughts turning in a dozen different directions. Scott's question turns his focus to one of them, and he blinks briefly as if brought out of a daze as he follows that train. After another breath:]
His name is Ferran. He's about your age.
[Funny, how even here he's still using the boy. A tool to make himself seem pitiable, relatable, more sincere. Generous, even.
As far as telling Scott this, though, it only makes sense to offer the information after putting him through a taste of his impatient side.]
I started taking care of him close to a year ago. He lost his parents and was lucky to survive himself, so—the time I took off work then was spent helping him adjust.
[It had felt like he had even less time than usual, despite delegating tasks to the other board members—but he was so close to the end that it didn't matter if he was close to burning himself out from pretending for such long periods of time.
Being here, where he lives alone again, might almost have been a relief.]