Cecilia "i********:?" I pulled the phone away from my ear, frowning at the screen. I opened the app—and instantly saw what Yvonne was talking about. A certain gossip account had shared a video clip, and it had already gone viral. Now it was all over the Explore page, reposted and memed by dozens of other users. It showed the confrontation outside the airport yesterday afternoon—but the footage had been edited and re-captioned to make it look like I assaulted poor, helpless Cici out of nowhere. Xavier, the actual male lead in this soap opera? He was completely edited out. The video framed me as the villain—the angry, unhinged woman slapping a defenseless sweetheart. But here's the twist: the internet wasn't coming for me. They were coming for Cici.

