Handshake

What about a game
my silent observer? 

Old time's sake.

Give me a minute.

Then others wait outside.

All right, set it up.

Thank you for kindness.

For what? 

When we first met, I thought I was helping her.

I thought I was gonna be her savior.

I didn't tell you, my silent observer, about her.

She was so smart.

Way smarter than me.

She was like you, 

real good at listening and sympathiser.

That's what she did for us

to listen and sympathise.

So when she had idea 

to do a blog, 
it sounded good to me.

But I don't think 

she knew 

at where she went.

She was wanting to make some extra scratch.

But the thing grew so fast, 

it took on a life of its own.

And the money, 

well 
we're talking about the type of money, 

my silent observer, 

that makes you question right and wrong.

So, we made a deal with her.

Decided 

we'd let the market dictate what was wrote on the site.

And we wouldn't look.

She was better at the denial than me.

It ate at me, 

all the things 

I imagined were going on.

I feared the worst.

But I still didn't write.

 Not until she came along.

After I found out what was on there, 

what we did to you, 
what we did to others, it was weak.

Way back when, 
when I said it was about stumbling, I was wrong.

I should've taken a stand.

You are my answer.

 It's not the other way around, excepting blog.

So thank you for giving me this chance.

How much time do we have? Come on, fella.

We both knew exactly 

what I was gonna do 
when you let me go back on that computer.

With their response time, 

I would guess they have us surrounded by now.

We better get out before they get up here then.

World champion chess master, 
Emanuel Lasker once said, 
"When you see a good move look for a better one.

My silent observer.

Be careful.

I gave her the chance 
to make the right move.

And she left herself wide open to others.

When I completed the piece, 

I also took it upon myself 
to open the site to more than just personal blog.

I have to 
stay right here and not move.

Didn't take long for her to catch on me
after starting writing here with an anonymous tip.

My silent observer was a part of me 
that I created because of my an unachievable target.

So now we have a chance to start again.

Our handshake negotiated us as partners.