Chapter 7 - The Viral Nightmare
My father left with a dark warning.
He promised I would regret crossing the family.
But he didn't realize the world had changed.
We didn't live in a world where rich men could buy every secret anymore.
One of the catering staff at the wedding had a conscience.
They had recorded the CCTV footage on their own phone while the manager played it for the cops.
By noon the next day, the video was on the internet.
It didn't just go viral.
It exploded.
Millions of views in a matter of hours.
The internet dubbed Preston the "Monster Groom."
News vans surrounded the Whitmore Hotel.
Reporters camped outside my parents' massive estate.
The public outrage was swift and merciless.
I watched the news on the small hospital TV while Sophie ate her jello.
The anchors were tearing my family apart.
They analyzed every frame of the video.
They noted my parents' complete apathy while a child bled.
My phone buzzed endlessly with messages from relatives.
They were begging me to make a public statement defending Preston.
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I turned my phone completely off.
I let the fire burn.
