Chapter Four: School love on 4
Her face went white.
"You wouldn't," she breathed.
"I absolutely would. And I will, if you don't come clean about what actually happened." Rowan's voice hardened. "You have until tomorrow morning to decide—admit you lied and face lesser consequences, or double down and watch me systematically dismantle every aspect of your life that you've built on manipulation and lies."
"This is blackmail," the dark-haired friend said.
"This is consequences," Rowan corrected. "Novel concept, I know. But when you try to destroy someone's life, you don't get to clutch your pearls when they fight back."
He left before anyone could respond, walking down the hospital corridor with perfect composure while his phone continued recording everything until he was safely in the elevator.
Once alone, he stopped the recording and sent it immediately to his father with a text: *Documentation of hospital visit. All witnessed, all recorded. She's rattled.*
