Fame doesn’t cut you once. It gives you a thousand paper cuts.
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*The Leak. Monday. 6:14am*
Mira was eating cornflakes when Ava’s phone started blowing up.
Ding. Ding. Ding.
Ava looked. Went pale.
“Don’t check Twitter,” she said too fast.
Too late.
Someone had leaked old footage.
Therapy sessions. From the lab.
Mira, age 14. Strapped to a chair. Crying.
Victoria’s voice in the background: _“Again. From the start.”_
The caption: `“THE REAL MIRACLE CARTER. NOT SO BRAVE NOW HUH?”`
4M views in 2 hours.
*School. 8am*
By the time Mira got to Ikeja, everyone had seen it.
Not 3 phones this time. 100.
“Smile for the camera Mira!”
“Is that really you crying?”
“Did she fake being strong?”
Tola tried to block people. “Leave her alone!”
Mira couldn’t breathe. The hallway
