Rewriting the Scandal

Someone posted a love confession to me on the college's confession wall. But then my roommate's boyfriend left a comment claiming I had slept with every guy on campus.

I was furious and ready to call the police.

My roommate begged me to forgive her boyfriend, promising she'd make him apologize publicly on the confession wall.

But before that apology ever came, an adult video started circulating in the student group chats.

Everyone was saying I was the girl in the video.

The college summoned me for a meeting and suggested I take a leave of absence.

When I went home, my parents refused to acknowledge me as their daughter.

I lost everything. Depression consumed me, and with the endless rumors, I finally gave in to despair and ended my life.

When I opened my eyes again, it was the day my name first appeared on the confession wall.

Chapter 1

Someone posted a picture of me accepting an Inspirational Scholarship Award on the campus confession wall.

The caption read, [Shoutout to Yvette Lewis from the Class 23. You're absolutely stunning. If you don't have a boyfriend, could we maybe get to know each other?]

In just a few minutes, the post had already racked up dozens of comments.

[Yvette is not just beautiful. She's incredible! Totally feels like she's straight out of a fairytale.]

[Wow! Does anyone have her number? I want to know her too!]

I scrolled through with a blank expression until a long comment from someone named Harvey Jones jumped out at me.

[What's wrong with you guys? How could you even like Yvette? Don't you know she's the campus bicycle? Anyone with money can take a ride. Pretty much every guy here has slept with her.]

Someone quickly replied, [Who is this psycho? Why is he spreading rumors like this?]

But Harvey wasn't about to stop. It seemed something in that reply had set him off, and he fired back with another long comment.

[Rumors? Are you kidding me? I've seen it with my own eyes. She hooked up with someone in broad daylight. Didn't even bother going to a hotel—they just went at it in a corner. She only fools the freshmen with her innocent act. Everyone knows her scholarship and outstanding student titles were earned by improper means.]

My hands trembled as I read the comment. The phone slipped out of my grasp and hit the floor.

"Yvette, are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost," my roommate asked, picking up my phone. Her eyes scanned the screen before she gasped.

"Rose, why is your boyfriend commenting on the confession wall like this?"

Rose Smith looked confused and leaned over to check. Her face turned beet red as she read the comments.

The rest of my roommates had read the entire comment thread by now, their faces full of anger on my behalf.

"How can Harvey say something so disgusting? This has to be slander, right? Yvette, you should report him to the police," one of them said indignantly.

"N-no! Don't call the police!" Rose looked visibly flustered. "Yvette, I'm so sorry. There must be some kind of misundersta...