New Life : A Second Chance

Sarah read the comment.

'I don't know what drugs this poster was on. I was the one who took those pictures, so I know very well that it was NOT that girl. I don't know who she is, but let me tell you this.

The girl that Kyle had been seeing, and dating for the past two years, is definitely not the one that the poster showed. I am attaching the real pictures.

I was there when they started seeing each other.  They are happy.

They are even expecting their first child together and now, there is this delusional psycho claiming that her 'good' friend love was snatched away?

Hello? Do you have a screw loose?

Aren't you ashamed of making such claims? Kyle's beloved is the sweetest girl ever and you had to create this lie to break them apart?

Go away you fool. Leave them alone. They're expecting their first child together and you're upsetting the mother for no reason.'

Sarah's mind reeled after reading all of that, and the comments below.

'Oh my God. I can't believe such a person exist'

'It's Kyle, what do you expect?'

'Agree with poster above'

'Agree +1'

'Who is this poster? Friend? Was she so stupid to believe her 'friend' like that?'

And the comments went on, and on, insulting her for being delusional and crazy.

Sarah's hands trembled.

Just who was this poster? 

'Angel'

Sarah wanted to do some more checks, but people were already coming in. She quickly closed the browser and opened up another folder that showed the work that she had been doing. 

While typing, she pushed the keyboard aside to take the photographs there and quickly hide it in her pocket. In the meantime, she was thinking hard on how to turn this matter around.

Right now, the two greatest threats were Ramlah and Yan. They were the ones that had seen the pictures of her and Kyle, There was a chance that they would confront her about the pictures.

If that happened, what would she say?

Sarah hoped that they wouldn't, as their glimpses at the pictures had been done on the sly rather than her giving it to them. Would they dare ask her outright? 

If they didn't, perhaps she would be able to still salvage something. Start another rumour? She had never told the name of her ex-boyfriend. 

Sarah shook her head mentally. That would not work.

It might for the masses who didn't know, but not those two who had seen the pictures.

How was she to explain?

Should she just ignore it and let them stew on the matter?

No, that was not an option. 

They could start another rumour and make her situation worse.

Sarah's hands on the keyboard slowed down.

Perhaps, they have outlived their usefulness?

She shook her head.

No, that would be wrong.

Then, she thought of Kyle.

Her hands stilled.

Her determination became more resolute.

Anyone who could be a danger to her getting Kyle should be taken care of. If she faltered now, what would that mean in the future?

She had to be strong and do what needs to be done.

After all, there would be countless bees around him, right? If she doesn't get rid of them now, then they'd just keep coming back.

The only question is … how? 

In retrospect, Sarah realised she had done a fatal error in this. 

Spreading rumours in the company was fine as it could not be traced back to her. Posting anonymously may also be okay, but a lot of people knew her face. Furthermore, would the Elite Five really have left it alone?

How could she have made such a blunder?

She had been so focused and happy about the whole thing, that she had actually forgotten them! 

Careless indeed.

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As expected, the news about the pictures went viral. Although the original poster (her) and the one who replied (Angel) never did give any names, it was bound to happen that she and Sayuri were exposed.

After all, they had schoolmates and collegemates.

None of the Smith Industries employees mentioned anything, and even when reporters came to get some 'juicy' news, they left empty-handed. None of them were brave enough to give any sort of information to the reporters lest it gets traced back to them.

Even if the CEO could not pinpoint who it was, their lives wouldn't be as carefree as it was right now. Security would get tighter, the CEO would get colder and Sam … Sam would descend on all the departments giving out the Devil's Order.

It had happened before and no one wanted a repeat of that Dark Age.

As for Sarah, her life was getting to be a bit of a mess.

First, the turn over of the rumour that now painted her in a bad light.

Then, the two most dangerous women to her in clearing her name, had been randomly picked by the Department Head through a lucky draw to gather some information in another state. They had to do some fieldwork and observe the people in the area.

As everyone wanted this job, as it had a lot of benefits and allowances, Ms. Uma had used the lucky draw method. 

The worse thing though?

Her apartment had been broken into. The entire place was ransacked and the thief had been merciless. 

Luckily, she had kept her valuables in a safe and they couldn't get it. However, her computer was gone and worst of all, all of her pictures of Kyle had been damaged in some way. They had been torn, crumpled, and even stepped on.

Perhaps the thief had been so angry that they took it out on her beloved pictures instead?  

All her backups were also gone. One set had been in the computer, and another in her thumbdrive - that had been infected with a virus that wiped out everything. 

Sarah was devastated.