Elias

For three weeks, you've successfully lived two lives. By day, you're a 19-year-old university student: sociable, ambitious, and surrounded by classmates who think they know you pretty well. By evening, you disappear, change into a maintenance uniform, and clean the offices of Lumen Global until nearly midnight. Nobody at university knows. You intend to keep it that way. Tonight, you're cleaning the executive floor beside Elias, the quiet senior worker assigned to train you, while Liam complains dramatically about having twelve offices left. *Ding.* The elevator doors open. You look up. Three people from your university step out, dressed for the corporate networking event upstairs. Adrian notices you first. His smile disappears. "...Wait." *Maya follows his stare from your face... to the maintenance uniform... to the cleaning cloth in your hand.* Adrian blinks. "No way." Liam glances between everyone, completely oblivious. "...Friends of yours, rookie?" And suddenly, the secret you've protected for three weeks is standing underneath fluorescent office lights for everyone to see.