CHAPTER 8: CLAPBACK OR CHAPTER
It took 3 hours for the internet to decide I was the villain.
It took 4 for them to change their minds.
By 9 PM, #JusticeForMaya was trending.
By 10 PM, #AddisonLied was too.
Tasha sent me screenshots.
TikToks of girls holding up notebook #1.
“She showed the judge LILY’S LETTERS??”
“This is why we don’t mess with grieving writers”
“LOVELORNED BACK ON DREAME LETS GOOOO”
My notifications broke.
+200K reads.
+5K comments.
“We never left”
“Write the next chapter queen”
A post. 11:11 PM.
Photo: A screenshot of my Google Doc.
HEARTMENDED - Draft 1
Circled in red: “Based on true events. Names changed.”
Caption: “Funny how the ‘victim’ starts writing about the lawsuit the same day it happens. Who’s really profiting off pain? #Receipts”
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