She looked around on the document for a billing address to see where Aizel Inc. was located, but it didn’t say. She poked around on the PC trying to find a bookkeeping sort of program to see where the payment had come from but found only a primitive-looking Excel spreadsheet that had Aizel Inc. checked off as having paid electronically.

Changing tactics, she went back and did a generalized search for her own name. A file appeared, and she clicked on it and found her name, phone number, address, birthday. Then a bunch of charts of sorts.

Health + Activity + Other Preferences

Based on what you type, your personality (Big 5), values, and needs are predicted, and these preferences can be produced.

Not likely to eat out frequently.

Not likely to have a gym membership.

Not likely to like outdoor activities.

Likely to be concerned about the environment.

Not likely to consider starting a business in the next few years.

Other predictions:

Based on pages in your feed, the percentile is in relation to the general population>

50th percentile ......................... Intelligence

15th percentile ......................... Life satisfaction

2nd percentile .......................... Leadership

It went on and on—places she’d visited, stores she’d shopped in. A whole breakdown of her style preferences. Guesses about her political leanings and religion. There was a chart breaking down the number of times she viewed pictures of celebrities and dogs and cars and books.

The results of a bunch of personality quizzes she’d taken that determined she was likely to be lonely but had high markers for sympathy and eagerness to help.

There was a list of ads she clicked on, most recently a dumb conversation-starter game. And a full catalog of the makeup tutorials she’d watched and the comments she’d left.

It was a digital footprint more fit for a giant than just one girl.

It was almost embarrassing.

She searched for Eden, since she knew her last name and not the others’, and found a similar file for her.

She typed in Svetlana’s name and then the names of everyone she could think of, and they were all there, or at least most of them.

She dug around on the computer more and found the file that had been sent to Aizel Inc.

Opened it.

Company logo and then:

Based on parameters provided, we have determined these four individuals to be well suited to your needs with regard to proximity per your area code request and the dominant traits you seek.

The front door buzzed and she froze. How would she explain her presence here if the guys with the SUV were back?

She closed out of everything on the computer, then tiptoed over and peeked out a peephole in the door—What the hell?

Eli’s face was a caricature of confusion when she opened the door. “What are you doing here?” he said.