Chapter 2

Numerous influencers began livestreaming and demanded that Walden Industries revoke my job offer. Someone started to gather netizens to send protest emails to my father's office to report him.

Coco gave an exclusive interview, saying, "I'm scared that her family will use their connections to bury the case." She lowered her head and said softly, "I hope everyone will continue to shine a light on the situation and help me get justice."

The entire fiasco trended at the top of the charts for a long time because of her interview.

Coco did not go home right away, but got into another car. I saw her take out her phone and call a number from the window at the stairwell. I could not hear what she said, but I saw her make three calls and send several texts.

After she hung up, the car stayed put for about five minutes before driving off. I had a hunch about what she was planning.

That night, my family received harassment calls and texts from unknown numbers. My mother's phone could not stop ringing. "Sandra, your Aunt Liza called to say that the internet is mad at you."

I shook my head. "Don't pick up any calls, Mom."

"Your dad's office says the investigation team has gotten involved."

"I know."

My mother looked at me and started to tear up. "Why is she doing this to you when you've done nothing wrong?"

"Because she wants my job offer."

My mother was taken aback, but I just took a sip of water and did not explain.

At 8 PM, my personal inbox exploded with DMs.

[People like you don't deserve to be alive.]

[How many bribes did your father accept?]

[Get ready to go to prison.]

I took screenshots of every email and saved them in a file named 'Evidence'.

At 9 PM, an influencer in the education space shared a long post with the headline: [I have something to say about Sandra Luther's bullying.]

He shared three screenshots from a chat history provided by Coco. The name 'Sandra' was repeated in the texts, and 'her' tone sounded arrogant.

Sandra: [If you have no money, you should quit school.]

Sandra: [I have your portfolio. What can you do about it?]

Sandra: [Go ahead and sue me. Let's see who will believe you.]

The third screenshot had a caption below it.

[These are the DMs Sandra Luther sent to Coco Wilson during their university days. I've looked into it, and I can confirm that the account ID is real.]

This caused a commotion in the comments section.

[This proves it!]

[Sandra Luther should get out of this industry!]

[Investigate her father!]

I zoomed in on the screenshot. The timestamp was indeed from Coco's university days, but I left the country after graduating high school, so I never had a university account ID.

I saved the screenshot and opened the file I was preparing for the hearing.

The file had three photographs on its first page. It included my immigration exit and entry record, proof of work on an overseas project, and proof that I had no local university certificate.

I planned to present them one by one tomorrow.

My phone rang again. It was an unknown number, but I picked it up anyway and heard heavy breathing on the other side. "You'd better admit your guilt tomorrow, Sandra Luther, or we won't let you get away with it."

I hung up and blocked the number. After that, I logged into a streaming platform and created a livestream account with the headline: [I will see you at the public hearing tomorrow at 2 PM.]

More than 3,000 people followed me right away, and someone commented: [How do you still have the gall to start a livestream about this?]

I did not reply. I sent a confirmation email to Walden Industries reading: [Please ensure that Coco Wilson has all the original evidence in the public hearing tomorrow.]

They replied: [We have already informed her. Our notary personnel will be present as well.]

I turned off my phone and closed my eyes. I wanted Coco to repeat her lies again tomorrow, and let everyone witness for themselves who was the real liar and who was the one getting bullied here.