At the very moment Stella spoke out, a new post appeared on Abby’s account.
“I’m Abby, Stella’s manager. Recently, every single one of our accounts on all social media platforms was banned for no reason. I’ve reached out to the platforms countless times, but I’ve never received any explanation.
We pour our hearts into our content, working tirelessly day and night. After months of effort, a few of our videos finally went viral, and we built up a following in the millions.
We thought things were finally looking up, but instead, what awaited us was a total blackout. We couldn’t accept it.
All this time, we’ve been running around trying to figure out what happened. We even wondered if maybe we did something wrong to deserve this.
So, I tried making a backup account.
But that was taken down almost immediately, too.
Now, I know. We must have angered someone with power—someone who wants to silence us.
We’re just ordinary people. We can’t fight these corporate giants who pull the strings behind the scenes.
This post probably won’t last long before it gets deleted too.
But that’s okay. We’re not giving up. We’ll keep fighting. We believe that evil will never triumph over justice.”
Beneath her heartfelt message, Abby attached screenshots showing their bans, along with audio recordings of her calls with the platform’s support. In a few of those recordings, the company representatives even admitted outright that someone important wanted them gone, and their accounts were permanently banned.
With Stella’s controversy still trending, this post exploded almost instantly, shooting straight onto the hot topics list.
In the tech office, a staffer who had been about to delete Abby’s post noticed the situation spiraling and hurried to report to his boss.
“Should we still take down the Stella-related trending topics? Mr. York, this post already has over a million shares.”
Their questions and behavior had been blatantly aggressive, clearly targeting Stella without cause. No one felt sorry for them—if anything, most people were glad to see them go. There’s nothing more dangerous than a so-called “joke” that ruins lives.
Whether Stella had broken the law or not was for the courts to decide, not a pack of entertainment reporters out for blood.
As they were led away, the tabloid journalists protested their innocence at the top of their lungs.
A police officer responded coolly, “We’ll be the judge of that. Don’t worry—we won’t punish the innocent, but we certainly won’t let the guilty walk free.”
The entire scene played out live, a clear warning to anyone tempted to spread lies online: actions have consequences.
The police had been waiting for a chance to make an example out of someone, and these reporters had practically delivered themselves on a silver platter.
Watching it all unfold, the radio journalists in the crowd felt no sympathy for their tabloid counterparts. If anything, they thought, they got exactly what they deserved.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance