Returning to his goal of finding the publisher, Dan enlists Chuck Bass to help him. They succeed, and when relaying the events to Rufus Humphrey, Dan admits the story came from a whole book. Knowing she's preparing for her upcoming wedding to Louis Grimaldi, he asks for his help in killing the story before it comes out.

Before he can, he learns a chapter about Clair Carlyle, a character based on Blair Waldorf, is being published. He quickly figures out that Vanessa sold the manuscript and attempts to find out which publisher she sent it to. In the season five premiere Yes, Then Zero, Dan finds out via his old mentor Jeremiah Harris that Inside is being published under an anonymous pseudonym. She later sends Dan the check for the manuscript, written out for ten thousand dollars. The book was never meant to be published but after finding the manuscript and arguing with Dan, Vanessa Abrams gives it to a publisher ( The Wrong Goodbye). Inside is a fictional retelling of life on the Upper East Side through the eyes of Dylan Hunter, a character based on Dan himself.

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