64 Exposure and Protest

Third-Person POV

The video only lasted on the school's bulletin board screens for less than half an hour.

However, gossip spreads as fast as a deadly virus.

Rumors about Ashley were like a stone thrown into an already turbulent pond, with ripples spreading far and wide.

Days passed, and the gossip not only didn’t die down but became even more intense. It seemed as if some magic was turning the rumors into real events.

More and more people started to anonymously expose Ashley. The informants claimed that Ashley had been bullying others on campus since middle school, continuing through high school and into college.

The revelations were disturbing. Ashley seemed like a bullying machine, as if her life revolved around bullying others, with attending school being just a side task.

Ashley’s most common tactic was using her position as cheerleading captain to gather girls who idolized her, forming cliques to bully those who didn’t conform, including weaker boys.