(Elias)
I woke up early the next morning. The sun was just starting to come through the window. I could hear birds outside and the faint sound of water from the lake. Everyone else was still asleep.
I got out of bed and checked my phone. The pictures were still circulating online. More comments, more shares, more people talking. It didn't bother me as much as it bothered Avery, but I knew we couldn't just ignore it forever. We needed a plan.
I'd read something a while back in a business article. It said that in any situation, the person who controls the narrative wins. That stuck with me. And right now, we weren't controlling anything. Other people were telling our story for us, and they were getting it all wrong.
We needed to change that.
I got dressed and walked down the hall to Ave
