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Livestream Rehab: My Ex Regrets It All
Livestream Rehab: My Ex Regrets It All
Maroon Cypress

Chapter 1

Maroon Cypress
"Set up the cameras," Xenia Jensen ordered. "Keep them on him. Don't miss a single detail. This will be the most vivid lesson in our anti-drug campaign."

The lights flared on. Camera lenses locked onto my sweat-soaked face.

The pain in my bones felt like thousands of ants gnawing at my marrow. The itch was unbearable.

I couldn't stop myself from trying to scratch myself, but all I could manage was to scrape against the cold floor.

Xenia crouched down and lifted my chin with her black baton.

"Look at you. Even a stray dog has more dignity than this."

My vision blurred from the pain. All I could see was the sharp line of her jaw.

"Drugs," I choked with everything I had before reaching weakly for the hem of her pant leg.

Just then, someone in a white coat walked in.

It was Aaron Jilbert. He was the team's doctor, Xenia's right-hand man, and once—my best friend.

He glanced at me. His gaze paused on the marks left by years of implanted IV ports on my hand. "Ms. Jensen, look at his arm."

His voice carried exaggerated surprise.

"These are classic needle marks from long-term intravenous drug use. His veins are hardened. Just how bad does one's addiction have to be to get like this?"

I opened my mouth to protest. Those weren't needle marks, but ports from chemotherapy. But my throat was too dry to form words. All that came out was a broken rasp.

The last trace of hesitation in Xenia's eyes disappeared when she heard Aaron's expert conclusion. They were replaced with disgust.

She kicked my hand away from her leg. "Don't touch me!"

The force sent me rolling across the floor until I slammed into the wall. I hit the concrete with a dull thud.

Another wave of pain crashed over me.

"Make the announcement. Suspect Caleb Lawson will undergo a 24-hour compulsory detox live-stream," Xenia said, her voice echoing through the room. "The world needs to see how drugs can turn a once-glamorous man into something less than human."

"Ms. Jensen, that's against protocol!" a young officer reminded her.

Xenia turned to him. Her eyes were bloodshot as she tried to restrain her fury. "When you're dealing with a repeat offender who treats human life like nothing, you use whatever methods it takes.

"I want anyone who ever thinks of taking drugs to see that this is what awaits them! If anything goes wrong, I'll take the fall alone!"
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  • Livestream Rehab: My Ex Regrets It All   Chapter 10

    The stew Frank made was the last bit of warmth I had left in the world.Xenia let out an inhuman scream and bolted toward the morgue.She shoved past everyone in her way and rushed to the gurney covered with a white sheet. Her hands shook as she yanked the sheet back.I lay there quietly.That was when she finally saw the dense scatter of puncture marks and scars across my body.They were no longer evidence of addiction to her.They were ports from bone biopsies and chemotherapy marks. Every single mark was proof of the fight I had put up over the past three years just to stay alive.Xenia's legs gave out. She collapsed to her knees with a dull thud.…Aaron was immediately suspended for fabricating evidence, giving false testimony, and dereliction of duty. Charges were filed against him.What awaited him was the full force of the law and a ruined life.Xenia, on the other hand, returned to her office in a daze.When she opened the deepest drawer on her desk, she felt somet

  • Livestream Rehab: My Ex Regrets It All   Chapter 9

    Aaron reached out to check my breathing, then he pressed his fingers against my carotid artery.The next second, his face went deathly pale. "Oh no! He's in shock! He's not breathing!""What?"Xenia froze for a split second before slamming the brakes and rushing to the back seat like a madwoman. "Stop playing dead! Caleb! Wake up!"She grabbed me and shook me hard in an attempt to force me awake.But I didn't cry out in pain as I did before. I wouldn't be able to respond to her with a smile anymore.My arm went limp under her grip. The silver band wrapped in red thread slipped off my thin finger and dropped to the floor.A sharp clink sounded.The thread that had bound us together for seven years finally snapped.Xenia stopped.She stared at the ring rolling across the floor, then back at my lifeless face.The world seemed to go silent.She still thought this was another act or trick to escape punishment.That was until her trembling hand reached out and touched my che

  • Livestream Rehab: My Ex Regrets It All   Chapter 8

    The police car carrying me to the rehab facility was suffocatingly silent.Xenia was driving, while Aaron was in the passenger seat.I was cuffed in the back.The car rolled out of the station. I watched the city blur past the window, knowing I didn't have much time left."Officer, can I make one last request?" I asked suddenly.Xenia glanced at me through the rearview mirror. She didn't respond, but she didn't shut me down either."I want to go back to my apartment just to grab a piece of clothing."Aaron immediately cut in. "Are you still trying to pull something? The facility provides uniforms."I ignored him and just kept my eyes on Xenia in the mirror.For some reason, she turned the wheel. The car changed direction and started heading toward my rundown apartment."Five minutes," she said coldly.Once I was back in the place they had already torn apart during the search, I headed straight to the bed.With some effort, I dragged out an old wooden chest hidden underneath

  • Livestream Rehab: My Ex Regrets It All   Chapter 7

    I fumbled to wipe the blood with my sleeve, but the more I wiped, the worse it got. In seconds, half of my sleeve was soaked in a dark red.Shock rippled through the audience.Aaron reacted instantly. He rushed onto the stage with a pack of tissues. He wiped at my face while subtly blocking most of the cameras with his body.He leaned in close and whispered, "Keep talking, Caleb. If you say one wrong word, I guarantee that that old man will drop dead of a heart attack in the holding cell."My entire body went stiff. Every ounce of resistance inside me was snuffed out in an instant.I lowered my head and swallowed the metallic taste of blood along with my tears.Then, I lifted my head again and looked toward the radiant woman standing below the stage.With everything I had left, I dropped to my knees. "Thank you for saving me, Ms. Jensen."Thunderous applause erupted from the crowd.As I got up, I caught a flicker of confusion in Xenia's eyes. Her gaze lingered on my blood-stai

  • Livestream Rehab: My Ex Regrets It All   Chapter 6

    The interrogation room was lit with harsh white light.I was cuffed to a cold metal chair that faced a large one-way mirror.On the other side of the glass was another interrogation room.Frank was there.Two tall officers stood on either side of him. His wrists were bound in cold steel cuffs just like mine.A blinding light shone directly on his face, making his already aged features look even more worn. His lips were cracked. The wound on his forehead had already scabbed over.And yet, he was still defending me. "I told you Caleb is a good kid! He's not a bad person! I bought that powder! It has nothing to do with him! I just saw how much pain he was in…"His voice was hoarse but unwavering.Tears silently slipped down my face.The interrogation room door opened, and Xenia walked in.She slammed a document down in front of me. It was a confession."I'll give you a choice, Caleb," she began emotionlessly. "Sign this. Admit to drug use and trafficking, then record a public c

  • Livestream Rehab: My Ex Regrets It All   Chapter 5

    "Don't let him fool you, Ms. Jensen! This is severe calcium loss and osteoporosis from long-term abuse of the zombie drug! He did it on purpose to frame you and make you feel guilty!"Aaron's words instantly snuffed out the flicker of doubt that had just appeared in Xenia's eyes.What replaced it was even deeper disgust."So, that's what this is… You'd go as far as ruining your own bones just to play victim? Caleb, you disgust me," she said.Darkness swallowed me whole.…After drifting in and out of consciousness in the glass enclosure, I was eventually transferred to the infirmary of a temporary detention center.Xenia must've thought I've shown the public enough. If it went any further and I actually died, it would ruin her publicity.The infirmary was equipped with only a hard bed and a cold metal cabinet.Aaron walked in with his spotless white coat. He had a professional smile fixed on his face.He tossed a stale piece of bread onto my bedside. "There. Your meal for the

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