Olive answers many of the 55-year-old’s texts and emails, books him spontaneous travel (three trips to London so far this year), buys him groceries, and places meetings on his calendar—often without ever consulting him.
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Margaux MacColl,
Vanity Fair,
14 July 2026
If an agent books the wrong trip, buys counterfeit goods, renews the wrong subscription, or sends money to a fraudulent service provider, the defining question will not be whether the system worked as designed.
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