Abroad, almost the exact second Hazel hit the go-live button, the viewers in Beatriz's stream were already blowing up the chat discussing the drama. Hazel was using her orphan status and a depression diagnosis as a human shield, even going so far as to throw Lucas straight under the bus. She honestly thought that by playing the victim, she could wash her hands of the whole thing. What she didn't realize was that the public fury she had kicked up wasn't going to blow over that easily. Lucas was her only real safety net, her absolute last escape route, and she had been stupid enough to slice through it with her own hands. What she definitely didn't expect was that just a few minutes after her live stream ended, the Mercer Group dropped an official public statement. Almost without a singl

