I’m Back, Mr. CEO
He’s out of the car, coming around to open my door before I can protest.
Inside, the gallery is quiet. It’s early enough that we’re practically alone, just us and the art and the soft lighting that makes everything feel dreamlike.
Lucas doesn’t head to any specific exhibit. He just wanders, and I follow, both of us holding our coffees, stopping whenever something catches our attention.
“This one,” he says, pausing in front of an abstract painting that’s all chaos and color. “This reminds me of you.”
“Chaos?”
“Complexity.” He tilts his head, studying it. “All these layers, all these colors fighting for attention, but somehow it works. Somehow it’s beautiful exactly because it’s complicated.”
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