nched fists. The room felt colder than usua

she said again,

udios, stared at her with measured sil

king. I'm t

table actress, Clara. Do you know how much your last five

t your numbers. I

eping across his face. "Well, too bad. You signed a two-

her eyes. "Yo

nd pulled out a thick manila enve

ted, then

enes she never approved to publish. Ones she barely

You break the contract and these go live. All of them.

's il

tional leaks from 'anonymous sources.' You'd

her hand. She didn't even realize she was crying until

... the

-

tter was trendi

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ne hate

irl from that

that guy from the fi

one video. Guess the whole

hot now she lo

xploded with

nstagram DMs became a cesspool of harassment. Her past has crawled out

didn't speak to anyone until Da

all you," he

hollow, makeup smudged. Her laptop was

s Private Footage 'Le

said hollowly. "Lan

eside her.

ll l

hed for the laptop. "Fi

of network tracing and online communities to navi

metadata, uploading logs, an

ook

ething stran

The data logs pointed to a VPN-but one that had recently glitch

address... doesn't

there?" D

itated

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ded. "My

t. "He wouldn't..."

y looked, the cl

email used to register a Dropbox folder-th

s head

ad a

ad m

spered. "Why would

lara confronted Wil

videos," she said, eyes

is E

ar Clara

. "Ethan? Why th

ms's colleague james jumped in. "Ethan was trying to sell his short film

's eyes

tive and misogynist

ntly, he thought that rejection killed his care

l the perfect moment-when I said I was quitting, when your name w

dy. My past

and ran a hand through hi

ult. He doesn't get to ruin us

now my rejection to him will ma

ara, but seeing her hurt and afraid shattered him. He replayed every moment he could have done more, s

u- things will change. I'll fix everything I will confron

le to fight Clara s

as backups?

e. Yes, the company threatened Clara about the video,

n down wouldn't be as e

but we are going to give