Cassandra’s blog post was titled “I KNEW SHE WAS LYING: A Year of Suspicions About Isabella Virelli” and it was a masterpiece of social media manipulation disguised as investigative journalism. “From the moment Isabella Virelli arrived at Ashwick Academy, something felt off about her scholarship student story,” Cassandra had written. “Her mannerisms, her vocabulary, her complete comfort in elite social situations—everything suggested expensive breeding and generational wealth.” The post went on to detail every interaction Cassandra had had with me, reframing casual conversations as evidence of deception and highlighting moments when my pharmaceutical knowledge had seemed too sophisticated for someone supposedly unfamiliar with the industry. “I tried to warn other students that Isabella

