y famous writer with a massive fanbase,
"Young lady, why are you scamming
ng? Are you talkin
hed theatrically. The live chat
a scammer? Mr. Tingey's a philanth
ands, don't you? More than one life. Tomorrow, the thirtieth,
eighty-seventh disciple
reaming industry was booming. My TikTok-obsessed master had a sudden
sted. "
y scruffy-bearded senior brothers. "Isn'
ranny, I reluctantly
ple trickled in, asking about their fortunes, and I
of people calling me a fraud
"Face-reading is
ied to connect live. "This better be
nt. "Sir, your current relati
re madly in love! I do everything for her, and she
ust a backup," I said, cut
t, his phone rang. It
how much my girlfriend loves me
re done. I'm sick of you buzzing around me like a fly. My da
hung
stunned. The chat ex
simp! Ha
d him in seconds. Is t
slap in the fa
disconnected the call and ask
ted with Eric, the writer who had
g I was young, he adopted a patronizing tone. "Young lady, w
irritation rising. "Scamming?
atically again. His fans, flooding into my
gey of scamming? Do you know
es the Celestial Office even accept women? Just stick to b
yes. Eric, seemingly pleased, made a h
orgive her mistakes. Young lady, are your parents neglecting you? Is that why y
t slimy, making
n his eyes stopped me. I spoke calmly. "Mr. Tingey,
room ex
n those who had supported me
e of murder without proof? Mr. T
d for three days. Someone that kind
gey's fame to go viral. Ma
. No one noticed Eric
ld open, they'll come for you," I added,
twenty-ni
eyes flickering with dark l
him had been at it for a whi
u talking about? What full moon? What revenge? It's the twenty-
denial, launched another w
tubb
"Haven't you noticed anything strange lately? Like a flowerpot nearly hitting you w
ace grew
the chat
Tingey's daily X posts ment
this scammer just s
that, you haven't been sleeping well, have you? Nightmares plague you, bu
mself to stay calm, but his voice cracked. "No! Nothing!
denyin
fe and death. Everyon
ight, at midnight, look in your bathroom mirror. You'll see your ashen face and the dark lines in your eyes, a sign of d
om creaked open. A faint, eerie wai
hair. He lunged at the desk, clutching his comput
ancing at Eric and
nded the
exha
master grinned at me. "My dear dis
ly sprinkled with a few flowers, then at my m
ping with menace. "Georgia, the fate of t
aid, nodding frantic
orry. I just lan
ne, I noticed Eric had sent me countless
ing. I started the stream, and Eri
, his face gaunt and haggard,
ter, please save me! Last night, I saw a baby by my bed! A skinless baby! It was licking my face! Blood every
g uncontrollably, his bloodshot eyes wide, his thro
lent for a momen
actually telling the truth? Does Mr. T
worthy. Maybe he did kill someone. His wife, whos
n all the charity Mr. Tingey's done? This could j
ced at
t it hadn't yet reached the crown of his h
that baby and wom
ing away, his voice unnat
oment. "Fine, I can help you, but you have to
anyone... I didn't kill anyone... Two years ago, my wife and I went on
nd chatted, but after a week, our food and water were nearly go
. No water left either. I decided to abandon th
dn't mean to leave her! If I hadn'
ue team. The moment I saw them, I begged them to save my w
ecovered and left the hospital, I was sorting through my wife's things. That's when I foun
ding the desk, co
interview back then? I remember him saying his wife i
ut a couple stranded in the wilderness? What if
truth? He was the only survivor
sly. Eric's face grew mo
The doorknob creaked as it turned, and a hollo