It started with a single headline: Sources Claim Mya Cross Hiding a Secret Child.
At first, Mya thought it was a joke—one of those bottom-feeder accounts that threw a hundred wild rumors at the wall to see what stuck. But by noon it was everywhere. Faceless “insiders” claimed she’d had a baby in her teens and “abandoned it to chase wealth.” A blurred photo of a toddler with dark hair and big eyes made the rounds, the caption insisting the resemblance was “uncanny.” The child wasn’t even the right age; the photo’s metadata had been scrubbed, the background sloppily blurred. But reason didn’t trend. Outrage did.
An hour later, fresh smoke: Financial Fraud? Questions Swirl Around New Heiress’s Sudden Fortune. A panel of talking heads leaned into the insinuation with glossy ease. “We’re not
