Chapter 31 I'll Grant You A Wish

• Nerves rising, I wait for Hugo to explain the stakes of his proposed competition. This is a new side of him that I haven’t seen before, a tiny edge that likely rarely sees the surface. He must be somewhat cutthroat though, to succeed with his news network as much as he has.
• “If you win,” Hugo says, “I’ll grant you a wish.”
• “A wish?” That’s unusual. Though, Hugo has money and power, being heir to the Harbinger News Network. I imagine there’s very little he can’t do. Even so, I want to clarify. “What kind of wish?”