Pregnant by my Ex-Boyfriend’s Father
she said, “the story is hot. Fresh. Emotional. Everyone is reacting. People are angry, people are curious, people are bored. And bored people are the most dangerous.”
I rubbed my forehead.
“If you keep showing up,” she continued, “every post becomes a headline. Every smile becomes ‘she’s shameless.’ Every silence becomes ‘she’s guilty.’ They’re not reading you anymore, Aria. They’re watching you.”
“That’s not fair,” I whispered.
“I know,” she said. “But fairness left this building three scandals ago.”
She paused.
“The only way to reset the narrative… is to starve it.”
I frowned.
“Starve it how.”