CHAPTER 134 — The Truth That Cuts DeeperSome secrets don’t explode. They bleed.The internet moved faster than fire.By morning, the photo was everywhere cropped, zoomed, dissected by strangers who spoke with the confidence of people who had never met her. Melissa’s name trended in places she had never cared to know existed.Speculation wore the mask of concern.Judgment hid behind fake sympathy.Melissa watched it all from the quiet of her living room, a mug of untouched tea cooling in her hands.She did not cry.She had cried enough in her life to know when tears would be wasted.Her phone rang without pause investors, lawyers, board members, journalists. She let it ring. Silence, she knew, could be louder than denial.At exactly 9:17 a.m., Tyrone called.“It’s live,” he said.“I know.”“No,” he corrected. “Everything is live.”She straightened. “What does that mean?”“It means Alice didn’t just release a photo,” Tyrone said calmly. “She stepped into a room full of mirrors.”On her
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