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ONE AND A HALF YEARS LATER
SUNDAY, JANUARY 5
Naomi Powell looked at the glass of brownish-green sludge in front of her face,
then glanced up at Audrey. “Why is this happening to me?”
Audrey gave the glass alittle waggle. “You haven’t even tried it.”
Reluctantly, Naomi took the glass and sniffed. “It smells like farts and dirt.”
“That’s the brussels sprouts and kale,” Audrey said, handing a second glass to
Claire, who took it with almostas much reluctance.
“Cheers!” Audrey said, lifting her own glass and taking asip of the smoothie.
Naomi took the tiniest of sips, following it with an immediate gagging noise,
and Claire merely shook her head without trying it, setting the glass back on the
table with afirm nope.
“Yeah, all right,” Audrey acknowledged, giving the glass a swirl, noting that the
thick sludge barely moved. “It’s not great.”
“Why do you even have that gunk?” Naomi asked, setting the glass as far away
from her as her arm would reach.
“Why is that stuff even in existence?” Claire added.
Audrey walked back into her kitchen and held up the powdered mix. “Super
Fuel. It’s got approximately nine million vitamins and antioxidants and like a
year’s worth of fiber. I told them I’d try it and, if it was any good, mention it to
my followers.”
Such was the life of an influencer. It wasn’t a traditional job. Heck, as far as
most people were concerned, it probably wasn’t a job at all. Getting free stuff,
evaluating it, and then sharing the good parts with her massive Instagram
following wasn’t exactly a hardship. But it was hard work. Whenever Audrey
encountered a derisive snort after the requisite what do you do introductions, she
merely smiled. Yes, she got free stuff. Yes, she made a rather staggering amount of
money from endorsements and partnerships.
Yes, from the outside her job looked
as simple as taking a picture of herself with the newest it shade of matte lipstick.
But what people didn’t see were the hours she spent managing her email, her
Instagram DMs, and her Facebook messages. They didn’t see the hundreds of
queries she received in a single day. They didn’t see the time she spent updating
her blog, setting up her tripod, editing her photos, speaking at panels, staying
active in her Facebook groups, monitoring comments, deleting spam and trolls,
etc.
Audrey loved her job, but it was ajob—afull-time one.
Naomi was wrinkling her nose. “Unless you hate your followers, put that
down the garbage disposal and never speak of itagain.”
“No, don’t!” Claire protested. “That stuff will probably turn into a brick and
destroy the garbage disposal and this gorgeous kitchen.”
“Oh, sweetie,” Naomi said, patting Claire’s hand. “Garbage disposals? You’re
such a contractor’s wife.”
Claire’s smile was adorable and smug at the same time. “I am, aren’t I?”
Audrey gave a smile of her own as she dumped the unappealing smoothie
down the sink. Few things brought her more joy in life than seeing her friends
happy, and Claire was definitely happy. Newly married to the gruff, flannelwearing, bighearted Scott Turner, Claire’s in-love glow was rivaled only by
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