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incoming mail. It was almost relentless. One after the other came piling in. The email address that synced up to his phone, was his private one. Only personal emails from close friends and family. The rest went to his secretary, or assistant. He rolled over, and picked up his phone, wondering who was sending him a million things. To his horror, it was fans. Somehow, someone had his personal email address and was abusing it for all it was worth. He began to read through all the dribble until he found a link, someone to relate them back to. Someone who he would personally abuse when he had the chance. Then he saw it. The message read:
How do you know Olivia Lane?
I’m so jealous.
Come to Bundaberg!
Rochelle Johnson
42 Blackdown Lane
Bundaberg. Australia
    He cringed a little. Now he knew exactly what had happened. Carnegie’s girls had his email and had most likely gone to school and told the student body they had his personal contact. He got up, and walked into his room. Katalie had been looking through the movie selection and watched the look on his face. She knew something had gone wrong.
    “What’s up?” she asked genuinely.
    Nate didn’t want to tell her this one. He wanted to work it out without involving her, since Carnegie was her client, and in a million ways, he shouldn’t have initiated contact without his sisters’ permission, one that she would never have allowed.
    “It’s ok. I just need to fix something.” He answered as he closed the door.
    Nate called his personal receptionist and told her to close the email and make a new one. In the mean time, he needed to let Carnegie know what had happened. Not so she could punish the girls, just to warn her of possible repercussions on her end. The email was closed and girls could be nasty. He didn’t check the time difference, in fact, he almost forgot there was one. He dialed Carnegies number and waited for someone to pick up. Hoping it was her.
    Australia was eight hours ahead of Berlin. It was only 8pm when he called her, and luckily for him she answered.
    “Hello?” she questioned, wondering who would call her from where the number was “unavailable.”
    “Hi Carnegie…it’s Nate.” He said, not in a harsh way, just in a flat tone.
    “Oh Hi! How are you?”
    “I’m great, still in Berlin.”
    “Must be nice to travel as much as you do.” Carnegie had always dreamed of exotic locations, so far, Paddington had been the extent of it, except for a couple of trips to Thailand when she was first married.
    ‘Yeah it’s fun, although I would like something normal, just for a while.”
    They bantered on a bit and he congratulated her on her book being accepted. He didn’t want to do this, although he had to.
    “Carnegie…I’m actually calling for another reason. Hope you’re sitting down.”
    “Yeah, I am actually, what’s going on?” Poor girl had no clue what was coming.
    “Well, it seems that your daughter, Olivia I think, got hold of my email, and has distributed it around the school. I have had to close that email. It’s been compromised.”
    There was silence between them. Carnegie felt terrible.
    “I’m so… sorry.” Was about all she could get out. She had no idea what to say.
    “It’s OK. It happens, I just need to warn you about a couple of things that go on in situations like this. Some of my fans are relentless. It’s not my intention that they be this way, they just are. Your girls have given them an address that will go back, showing that it is inactive. They are about to be condemned for this, I’ve seen it. Now I don’t blame them, they didn’t know and I hadn’t gone so far as warning you about the protection and security of my details, in fact, it completely slipped my mind. So don’t get angry, I’ll send you the new email when I have it, just explain it to them gently. Hopefully they won’t suffer for long.”
    Carnegie was lost for words. She understood how it could become an issue, although, it was