Katelyn shook herself from her thoughts and fixed her gaze on the bill projected on the large screen.

“The chat logs and the detailed transfer records presented here are both authentic. I am fully prepared to take legal responsibility should they’re proven to be fabricated.”

The crowd gradually settled down, though a few reporters kept pressing with provocative questions.

“Even if you went to great lengths to support the Powell family, that doesn’t excuse you for jeopardizing Zoey’s future,” one of them said.

Remaining composed, Katelyn gave a firm nod. Her voice was steady as she replied, “Rest assured, I will make everything clear. I won’t allow my career to be ruined by someone who doesn’t know how to appreciate kindness.”

With a subtle gesture, she directed her attention to the side of the stage, where people stood ready, waiting for her signal. At that exact moment, they began playing another recording.

The audio revealed Zoey, threatening to take her own life, and pressuring Katelyn into admitting that she had targeted Zoey because of Vincent.

A reporter raised a question, saying, “Isn’t that the reason you targeted her? Why are you showing this recording?”

Katelyn took her time before responding. Instead of answering, she queued up a second recording. This time, the audio captured a conversation between two paparazzi.

The recording exposed that Zoey’s suicide attempt had been carefully planned. After all, how else could anyone have anticipated it and been ready outside Katelyn’s house to snap the very first photo?

The next recording, a third one, featured a confession from the two paparazzi involved.

In their statement, they explained how they were hired to stay on-site and capture specific photos, which were quickly uploaded online to manipulate public perception. However, they also mentioned they had no idea who had orchestrated the entire scheme.

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Katelyn stood silently as the recordings played to the end, her eyes scanning the confused faces in the crowd.

“This evidence clearly shows that the suicide attempt was nothing more than a carefully crafted scheme. The claim that I targeted Zoey over Vincent was just…”

“Another calculated lie she invented to make it more believable.” The revelations were so startling that most of the audience could only sit in stunned silence.

A voice from the crowd finally broke the silence, asking, “So, Katelyn was innocent all along, and Zoey used us like pawns in her manipulative game?”

In this era of constant digital connectivity, even the smallest rumor could snowball into something massive, spreading like wildfire. It was no surprise, especially with haters quick to type out their judgments, desperate to flaunt their so-called sense of justice without knowing the real story.

Whenever Katelyn became the target of online harassment, the pattern was always the same. Those self-proclaimed haters never paused long enough to let her defend herself.

At this moment, the livestream had drawn in over a million viewers. Fear and unease flickered in a certain pair of eyes from behind the screen.

In the hospital ward, Zoey was consumed by panic. What could Lise possibly be doing?

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