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I only have less than three months left anyway. 1 can afford to go all in.
We talked a while longer before hanging up. | checked my other notifications and found a message from Ethan
Davies.
He'd sent screenshots from a private chat group. The first showed a conversation between an administrator and
members;
Group admin message: “The male principal has increased the budget. Keep creating content, original posts
preferred. The more vicious the attacks on Ms. Sinclair, the better. I'll report upward and increase your
payments!”
Below, Ethan had written: “I can go undercover for you.”
| frowned and typed: “What's going on here?”
His reply cquickly: “My roommate sentthis freelance job opportunity - easy money, he said. We just
take these talking points and post them under relevant news articles.”
“I know you're nothing like what they're saying in the news. So I'm staying in this group to collect evidence for
when you need it.”
“How did you get access to jobs like this?” | wondered.
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“College student - we take whatever gigs we can find.”
That struck a chord. | knew that life all too well. Five years ago, | was in his position-taking any job that paid.
Working as a server, | rescued Rachel Hayes from an aggressive classmate. We beccloser than sisters after
that.
We made a bet once that Rachel lost, and she had to call“sister” and cwithto my off-campus jobs.
But she kept seeingas her sister long after the bet was over...
| took a deep breath. Rachel's disappearance was my first real experience with loss-just the beginning of what
was to
come.
| typed: “Won't that affect your future opportunities in this line of work? If it would cause problems, | can handle
this another way.”
A voice message cthrough. Ethan sounded urgent:
“Don’t worry about it! It's just a part-tjob. I do all kinds of side gigs, this is just one of many.”
| relaxed and sent a voice message: “Alright then, collect as much evidence as you can. When this is over, I'll
take you out
for dinner.”
His reply: “Great! I'll look forward to that dinner!”
Ethan's POV
| sat on my chair with earbuds in, barely listening to my roommate explain how to make money as an online troll.
My focus was on Audrey’s voice message.
Her voice was gentle, composed, with a slight musical quality that made even simple words sound elegant.
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“Who are you messaging? You're smiling like an idiot, my roommate said.
I quickly looked up, feeling my face heat up. | hadn't realized | was smiling.
“Nobody.”
“Got a girlfriend?” he asked with a knowing smirk.
“Not that status yet.”
“No wonder you've been hustling for side gigs lately. Trying to impress a girl, huh?” He laughed and turned back
to his laptop. “But seriously, the in these wealthy families is nuts...”
He scrolled through news sites featuring the Blake scandal.
sked, pointing to a photo of Audrey at sevent.
arker
“Don’t you think this woman is hotter than Laurel Rose?”
he
life as a rich socialite by hooking up with someone else and getting pregnant?” he “Why would she mess up her
cushy continued, reading through the comments.
“Now her husband can openly ch
eat, and she’s getting destroyed online...”
| hesitated before carefully suggesting: “Maybe what we're seeing isn’t the whole truth, Maybe... the baby was
actually her husband's.”
My roommate frowned. “If she was carrying her husband's child and had a miscarriage, while her husband was
out finding a mistress... that would make Blake Parker a real bastard.”
Without thinking, | nodded. “Of course he’s a bastard!”
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