" My best friend at work ... she wouldn't let me go on the company retreat . I ... I only tagged along because I wanted to fix my relatio- nships with my colleagues . And what happened ? " she choked out a sob . " They abandoned me in that expensive hotel ! The bill was fifteen thousand , eight hundred dollars ! They put it all on me ! I had to take out a high - interest loan just to get out of there ! And then they fired me ! No severance , nothing ! They're trying to push me to the brink ! " She could barely speak through her tears . She ended the video by giving a deep , shaky bow to the camera . " Please ... everyone ... help someone with nowhere left to turn ... I just want justice ... " The video ended abruptly , leaving a series of hashtags floating on the screen : #Workplace Bullying #CorporateGreed # ThePainOfA- ToxicFamily . The comment section was a firestorm of outrage . " This poor girl ! This makes my blood boil ! " " $ 15,800 ? What kind of evil corporation is this ? They're vampires ! " " Someone find out what company this is ! Dox them ! Let's shut these scumbags down ! " " People from toxic families really do get bullied everywhere . My heart breaks for her . " " Stay strong , girl ! We've got your back ! @FTC @DepartmentOfLabor GET ON THIS ! " 12 The video went viral . Our company's address was leaked , along with the names of several employees she had mentioned . My na- me , of course , was featured most prominently , and I received the lion's share of the abuse . I was in the middle of blocking yet ano- ther wave of harassing phone numbers when a new message request popped up from a blank profile . The name attached was Lillian , I accepted . Lillian : Zoe ! See what's happening online ? Your company , and you , are public enemy number one ! How does it feel ? I stared at the message , my fingers hovering over the keyboard , but didn't reply . Her smugness was practically radiating through the screen . Lillian : But ... I have a soft heart . For old times ' sake , I'm willing to give you all a way out . Chapter 2 1114 A QR code for a payment app appeared on my screen . Lillian : Thirty thousand dollars . Cash . Transfer it now . The second the money hits my account , I'll post a ' clarification ' video and say it was all a misunderstanding . Lillian : It's a bargain , right ? I'm an influencer with hundreds of thousands of followers now . My reach is worth every penny . If you don't pay , I'll be fine , but your company ? Good luck ever hiring anyone again . Be smart , Zoe . I was shaking with rage . I hadn't tried to ruin her ; I'd just made her pay for her own mistakes . But she was trying to burn me , and my entire company , to the ground . Slowly , deliberately , I typed my reply , each keystroke a hammer blow . " You can bill my middle finger . " " Lillian , did I hold a knife to your throat and force you to order ten king crab specials , four bottles of vintage wine , and twenty carto ns of cigarettes ? Am I your mother , obligated to clean up after you for the rest of your life ? " I didn't wait for her sputtering reply . Instead , I forwarded our chat history to two other people : her parents . My message was simple : Lillian is a famous influencer now , making six figures a day . Surely she can spare fifty grand for her brot- her's wedding ? After that , I opened my cloud drive and began compiling everything : the voice recordings , the itemized hotel bills , the security foot- age , and her chat logs with her parents . I never thought I'd need them again , but I was glad I hadn't deleted them . It was time for this " influencer " to get a taste of her own medicine . 13 I didn't post on my personal social media . Instead , I logged into the company's official Twitter account , which had been dormant for months . Ms. Evans had given me the login credentials a while back to post project updates . Taking a deep breath , I published everything . - First , I laid out the fact that she had crashed the retreat uninvited , with a clear plan in mind . I attached the audio file from the bus . " Zoe , please , can you add my name to the list ... ? I'm begging you ... " " Ms. Evans said the list is final . " " Oh , come on . If you don't say anything and I don't say anything , who's going to know ... ? The company already paid for the room , just let me have half the bed ! I promise I'll be quiet and stay out of trouble ! " Next , I posted the itemized bill of every extravagant purchase she made behind our backs : the king crab , the vintage Bordeaux , the masseuses , the dozens of cigarette cartons and cases of liquor . The grand total was exactly $ 15,800 . The company hadn't paid a single cent of it . Below the bill , I attached screenshots from the hotel's security cameras : Lillian feasting in the dining hall , her parents directing staff to load carts with boxes of alcohol and tobacco , the three of them drunkenly clinking wine bottles together in a toast . Finally , I posted the screenshots of her chat logs , detailing the conspiracy with her parents to play the victim and extort money from me , revealing how she had leeched off me for over a year and stolen my work . Within an hour , the internet exploded again . The same people who had been furiously denouncing a heartless corporation were now reeling from the irrefutable evidence . After a moment of stunned silence , the online furor returned , ten times stronger than before , only this time , the target had changed Chapter 2 1140 " HOLY S ** T ! This woman is the ultimate parasite ! " " TEN king crab specials ? FOUR bottles of vintage wine ? TWENTY cartons of cigarettes ? How is that even possible ?! Did she think the hotel was an all - you - can - eat buffet and a duty - free shop ? " " Listen to that audio ! ' If you don't say anything ... ' The nerve ! She crashes the trip and then acts like she's entitled to it ! " " The chat logs are the worst part ! Coaching her parents on how to blackmail a colleague ? My God , this is pure evil . Using someone ' s sympathy against them is just vile . " " And she already owed the other girl over a grand ? This isn't just mooching ; this is trying to devour someone whole . That poor Zoe , getting tangled up with a viper like this . " " #LillianTheLeech #GetLillianOutOfTheWorkforce #StopBlamingYourBadChoicesOnYourFamily " 14 The comment section of Lillian's TikTok was completely overrun . The messages of sympathy were drowned under a tidal wave of angry and mocking memes . Her carefully structed victim persona shattered in an instant . Her follower count plummeted , and her inbox was flooded with a torrent of vicious insults . 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