the chaos of flashing cameras. She did

"Or my lawyers will own every sing

reluctantly, lowered their cameras a

icy gaze on me.

e, suffocating silence. She drove too fast, her knuckles white on the steering wheel. I wanted to explain, to te

renda rushed over, her face a

?" Brenda whispered to me, her eyes wide. "She's ne

w member told us the next scene was ready

The director cleared the set, leaving only me, Sera,

osed to watch me, then lean in to kiss me. She moved onto the bed, her mo

amera was tight on our faces. Then sh

you'll be a ghost in th

hat made my blood run cold. It was the same look sh

lled, ecstatic. "Perfe

t mask. She got off the bed and walked away without a second glance,

n up to me, her phone in her hand,

You're trending

shot from an earlier, less tense moment, had been posted. The caption was simple: "Something special

said, beaming. "Genius, righ

n cold. "Yo

unding in my ears. I found Sera in her private trailer, already on the

g. "Sera, I am so sorry. I

re who did it, Liam. I care that it happened. You and your desperate,

I'll tell them it was a lie, t

't even control his own social media? No." She shook her

n I do? I'll

to stay away from me. Don't talk to me. Don't look at me. Wh

o real, so profound. I felt a familiar wave of self-loathing

set. I kept my head down. I focused on my lines. I restrained mysel