LOGINInside the mediation room at the police station, my passenger looked disheveled with messy hair and rumpled clothes. She cried as she complained to the police officer, “Sir, it’s him! The Grab driver had bad intentions! He even tried to harass me! “People like him should be put in jail! And I want compensation for the emotional distress he caused me!” Right after she finished speaking, she slumped down on the floor and threw a tantrum. I could not believe someone could be this shameless. All I did was tell her not to smoke in the car, and she falsely accused me of harassing her. On top of it, I was a woman too! It was just that I usually dressed less femininely. How could I possibly have harassed her?
View MoreThree days later, I received an official confirmation from the police.Fiona and Drake faced charges of attempted blackmail and creating a public disturbance. Both were being held in criminal detention.Drake was no stranger to trouble with unsolved prior offenses to his name. This time, he would be sentenced to jail for at least three to five years.Fiona’s parents had somehow tracked down my place.They looked like an honest couple. They wore washed-out jackets and stood at the entrance of my apartment with two boxes of milk.The moment they saw me, they instantly dropped to their knees with a thud.“Miss, we beg you. Please spare Fiona!”Fiona’s mother, Angelina, cried so hard that snot and tears ran down her face. She repeatedly prostrated on the concrete floor.“She’s still young! She doesn’t know any better. It was just a stupid mistake! If she ends up with a criminal record, her whole life will be ruined!”Neighbors peeked from their door. They whispered and gossiped am
“I’m a woman too, and I have absolutely no interest in a lying, cigarette-smoking, trashy piece of work like you!”“How dare you?!” Fiona pointed at me with a trembling finger. But not a single word came out of her mouth beyond that.Drake finally snapped out of his daze. He lunged at me and tried to snatch away my ID.“This doesn’t count! Even women can harass people! You’re definitely a pervert!”Before he reached me, I sidestepped. In one smooth motion, I kicked him in the back of the knee.Drake dropped to his knees with a thud.“You wanted me to kneel, right?” I looked down at him. “Tell me, who’s kneeling now?”At that moment, the tide of public opinion reversed.The same people who had cursed me the loudest turned their fire on Fiona.“It was really a false accusation!”“I knew it! This woman looked shady from the start!”“She’s got no shame! She’s trying to blackmail people for money!”But that still was not enough.I did not just want to clear my name; I also want
Fiona sat on the main seat. She had exquisite makeup on, but she had deliberately made herself look haggard.When she looked at me, her gaze shone with pride and greed.Drake walked over and yanked off my cap.“Everyone, look! Here’s Chris, the Grab driver!”The flashes from the cameras went crazy.The number of livestream viewers instantly surged past 100,000.Drake shoved the microphone into my hand.“Go on then, just like we agreed. Apologize and pay up.”The microphone felt heavy in my hand.I looked at the crowd under the stage. They held up their phones, and their faces lit up with excitement. Then, I turned to Fiona and Drake on the stage. They looked so sure of their victory.I felt sorry for them.Truly, I did.“Before I apologize, I’ve got a few questions for Ms. Lambert.”My voice echoed through the microphone across the conference room.Fiona froze. The next moment, she snapped impatiently, “If you’ve got something to say, spit it out! Don’t try any new tricks
“Also, don’t tell anyone you ever lived here! You’re an embarrassment!”Right after Madam Wendy finished her sentence, she slammed the door with a loud bang.I stood at the entrance. I stared with a bitter smile at the refunded amount on the phone screen that had been returned to me.I had lost my job.My reputation was ruined.I did not even have a place to stay.All because I told my passenger not to smoke in the car.This world was truly absurd.But I did not immediately walk out.I closed the door and pulled the curtains. After that, I turned on my secondhand laptop.The clip on the internet continued to go viral.Fiona had done three livestreams already. The amount of tips she received was probably more than what I made as a Grab driver for an entire year. On the livestreams, she cried her eyes out about how I “threatened” her and had “ill intentions” against her.She came up with a lot of extra details.She said I locked the car doors, verbally abused her, and even












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