Maya's POVI stared at my laptop screen, my cursor blinking in the empty blog post like it was mocking me. Around me, the campus coffee shop buzzed with conversation, but I felt like I was trapped in a fishbowl. Students kept glancing my way, some with admiration, others with barely hidden disgust. Two tables over, a group was arguing about the petitions, my supporters versus Victoria's crowd."She's a hero," one girl insisted loudly enough for me to hear. "She risked everything to expose the truth.""She's a troublemaker who ruined the university's reputation," her friend shot back. "My parents are considering pulling their donations because of her."I pulled my hoodie up, trying to disappear, but it was useless. I was the center of a campus war I never asked to fight.That's when it hit me. Everyone was talking about me, making decisions about my future, crafting narratives about who I was and what I stood for. But none of them were actually listening to me. They were fighting over
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