Chapter 6 - The Scandal Breaks
Just when I thought my life had hit rock bottom, my phone exploded with notifications from every major news outlet in Denver.
Madeline Cross, feeling scorned by her sudden transfer and my subsequent resignation, had gone to the press.
She spun a wildly inaccurate and malicious narrative, claiming I had used my power to prey on her and forced my wife out of our home.
The internet immediately convicted me, painting me as a corporate monster who abused his authority and destroyed his family.
Paparazzi camped outside my empty mansion, flashing cameras through the gates every time a shadow moved.
I refused to release a statement defending myself, feeling that public humiliation was the penance I deserved for my actual sins.
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My lawyers begged me to file a defamation lawsuit, warning that my reputation would be permanently destroyed if I remained silent.
I told them to drop the matter, perfectly willing to let the world hate me as much as I hated myself.
