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LIORA My phone wouldn't stop buzzing. I woke up to the sound of notifications going off like fireworks. One after another after another. I grabbed it from the nightstand and squinted at the screen. Four hundred and seventy two I*******m notifications. My stomach dropped. I opened the app. The first thing I saw was a photo of me and Everett leaving his parents' house last night. Someone had taken it from across the street. My makeup was smudged from crying. Everett's hand was on my back. We looked like we were running away.

Jason says. It will stay as it is. There are about one hundred comments on the video. One of them is from a verified account. I didn’t get notified because I disabled the notifications on the app once it was downloaded. I place Amelia’s phone and retrieve mine to check the TicToc app.

I wait for it to power up, staring at the black screen like I can bully it into being faster. Notifications start pinging in. The first is from Max. Max: I can’t wait to see you with your new ink, what time do you think you’ll be done and I’ll come and get you? We’re just heading out to the lake. Xxx I frown and scroll down, expecting a flood. Nothing. No follow-up. No “where are you?” No “are you okay?” Just that. The next one is from Xander. Xander: Hey, are you coming down later? Xx

No new messages. Nina’s last message was only the estate notes file at 8:13. Saba had sent a meme of the ugly-sandals professor to the family group at 8:40. Mama had sent three photos of children’s racing helmets at 8:52 with the caption: The blue one makes his eyes even prettier. Of course. No unknown number. No security notification. I locked the screen again. The engine sound appeared once more. Quieter.

After that, he’d probably accuse me of collecting emotionally unavailable men like it was a hobby. I’d deny it. He’d list examples. I’d lose. The thought followed me off the bus, still lingering when my phone buzzed in my hand. Then it buzzed again. And again. By the time I glanced down, notifications were stacking faster than I could process them—Instagram tags, mentions, messages piling up like something had gone very wrong. “What now?” I muttered, unlocking the screen. I expected another hockey edit or someone asking if Dean and I were finally going to admit what everyone else had already decided for us. Instead, I found myself staring at a photo that made my stomach drop.

The loading circle spun for a brief moment before the image went live for the entire campus to see. I slid the phone back into my front pocket and took another sip of my drink. Less than three minutes passed. My pocket started vibrating. It was not a single buzz. It was a rapid, continuous string of alerts. The metal device shook violently against my leg, demanding my attention. I pulled the phone out and looked at the lock screen. The notification counter climbed faster than I could read the names. Students from my classes, guys from the hockey team, and random campus gossip accounts were liking the post. People were leaving fire emojis in the comments. The internet was losing its mind beca

For one blissful second, I was convinced it was just Alex sending unnecessary early-morning reminders or my work email exploding the way it usually did. But then I saw the screen. 200+ Notifications. Comments, tags, mentions. Messages from numbers I didn’t recognize. Messages from people I did recognize but wished I didn’t. My stomach dropped. “What the…?” I unlocked the phon and the world tilted. Screenshots of Maya’s livestream were everywhere—clips, reactions, edits, people analyzing it frame by frame like she’d given a TED Talk instead of a tantrum. My face wasn’t shown, but it didn’t matter. Her followers didn’t need my picture.

The glass screen lit up instantly with a new message notification. I didn't mean to look. It was a habit born of months of hyper-vigilance, an instinct to scan anything that moved in my field of vision. My eyes fell on the screen, expecting to see a weather update or a building report. The name at the top of the notification bar read: SUZZY. Beneath it, the preview text flashed in crisp, bright letters across the dark glass: “Thanks Zaid, we’re safe ❤️” The world went entirely still.

That's old news now. I click open my Facebook page and see thirty-seven notifications. I have a lot of friends, but even I know that's unusual. Especially since I'm only on Facebook for work purposes. Instagram is more my speed. Glancing over at the stories that are trending, my heart stops. Tiffany Wendel is says in big bold letters. Underneath, a little snippet of the story. Mack Shivel, Seagulls mid-fielder posts naked pics of alleged groupie. "Ohgod," I whisper as I click on the link. "Ohgodohgodohgodohgod." I start scrolling and sure enough, there is a picture of me, a naked picture of me that has gone viral.

“As if he would ever do that. Dante is known for many things, being kind isn’t one of them.” My fingers swiped through the menu on my phone and stopped at the little blue and white icon. I tapped it, it loaded for a few seconds, and my news feed came into view. ‘Ninety-nine plus new notification?!’ My face scrunched and I touched the little bell. ‘What in the world?!’ A small frown formed on my lips at the notification littered with the angry emoji. I tapped one of them, and it led to my profile picture, which had–