By eight in the morning, Claire Hughes’ livestream had crossed twenty-three million views.
The number kept climbing.
Every platform carried fragments of it now.
News clips.
Reaction videos.
Psychology threads.
Women stitching pieces of Claire’s words beside their own stories.
Emma woke to the relentless vibration of notifications flooding her phone across the bedside table.
Muted headlines glowed through the dim room.
CLAIRE HUGHES ACCUSES DOMINIC STERLING OF EMOTIONAL MANIPULATION
“HE NEVER HAD TO RAISE HIS VOICE” BECOMES VIRAL
WHY WOMEN ONLINE ARE RELATING TO CLAIRE’S STORY
Emma stared at the ceiling for several long seconds before finally reaching for the phone.
A mistake.
Thousands of comments moved endlessly across the screen.
Some sympathetic.
Some cruel.
Some painfu
