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He was the director of a major show, so his words carried weight. The moment he spoke out, all of Adam’s suppressed fans and
my brother’s haters came crawling out of the woodwork.
“So disgusting. Accusing the official source of fraud? Why don’t you talk about how your own debut came out of nowhere?”
“Exactly! Who debuts on looks alone? No one believes that.”
“I refuse to believe there wasn’t some big money backing him.”
And as for the issue of my brother’s vote count freezing on finale night, they had a new explanation:
“It’s obvious his rich backer was pushing him too hard, so the show had to step in and freeze the votes to be fair to the other cont-
estants‘ hard work.”
“Manipulating the results, playing the victim, being an ungrateful snake… just added a few more reasons to hate Liam Serrano.”
And his sister’s mouth is just pure poison.”
And
Somehow, the narrative had twisted. What started as me accusing the show of manipulating votes had morphed into a widespre- ad belief that my brother was backed by a shadowy, powerful corporation.
It was the first time I’d ever experienced such a massive wave of online hate. I was holding my phone, and my shoulders started to
shake.
My brother came up behind me, his expression a mix of emotions. He tried to comfort me. “Aria, don’t be sad. Don’t look at the
comments. It’ll all blow over in a while.”
He spoke softly, moving to give me a hug. But as he stepped in front of me, he saw that I was laughing so hard that tears were
streaming down my face.,
Liam: “??? What are you laughing at?”
I pointed at the profile picture of the director who had just made his self–righteous post.
“This guy! I remember this director! Two years ago, he was caught stealing another director’s script in Europe and was permanently
blacklisted from the industry there. I heard he’s always been shady. I even have a video of that famous European director talking
about it.”
Liam: …
After a long pause, he grabbed my hand, his face filled with pure, unadulterated awe. “Sis… from this day forward, you are my one
and only idol.”
