Her father , spitting flecks of saliva that seemed to fly out of the screen , bellowed in a thick , rural accent , " Folks , you be the judge ! This girl , Lillian , we raised her from nothing ! Do you know how much money we spent to send her to college ? We thought she'd make something of herself , help out the family , help out her brother ! And what do we get ? " Her mother slapped her thigh and began to wail , her voice rising and falling in a practiced rhythm . " She's a thankless viper , that's what ! Her brother is getting married , and his fiancée's family is asking for a fifty - thousand - dollar wedding gift ! It's tradition ! Shouldn ' t she , as the older sister , be the one to pay for it ? Huh ?! " " But no ! She tells us she got scammed by her company and she's drowning in debt ! No money ! Bullshit ! We heard she's an internet celebrity now , raking it in ! She can just shake her butt on camera and make a fortune ! She owes us that fifty thousand , and she's going to give it to us today ! If she doesn't , we'll go to her apartment and die on her doorstep ! " This absurd , grotesque spectacle of parents trying to sell out their daughter for cash was like pouring gasoline on a bonfire . The public's outrage and ridicule hit a new high. " My brain just ... it broke , then pieced itself back together , and then shattered again ... " "What kind of family is this ? The parents pimp out their daughter , the daughter blackmails her coworker ... like father , like daughter , I guess ! " " Fifty grand for the brother's wedding gift ? Paid by the sister ? And it's ' tradition ' ? Where's their shame ? Did they feed it to the dog ? " " So Lillian taught her parents how to scam her coworker , and now her parents are trying to scam her ? Karma really is a bitch ! LM- AO ! " Check the trending topics ! #LillianOwes Her Brother50k is number one ! This is the most insane drama of the year ! " " So when she cried about her ' unfortunate ' family , she was telling the truth . It's just that her misfortune was being born to grifters , and then becoming one herself . " 15 71 14 Chapter 2 Lillian became a national laughingstock . Her influencer career was over before it began , and no reputable company would ever hire her again . Meanwhile , for my role in clearing the company's name and navigating the PR crisis , I was promoted to department manager . I quickly signed a lease for a new apartment in a high - end building and prepared to move . As I was carrying the first box of my things into the lobby , I heard a commotion outside . " What do you people want ? " the security guard's voice was sharp . " You've been lurking around here for half an hour ! Who are you looking for ? Are you on the visitor list ? " " We're looking for Zoe ! She lives in this building ! She's our daughter's coworker ! It's urgent ! " " I don't know any Zoe ! Get out of here ! If you don't leave now , I'm calling the police ! " My stomach dropped . I hurried to the glass lobby doors . Through them , I could see Lillian and her parents , looking like three defea ted roosters , bedraggled but still defiant . Lillian was a wreck , her face gaunt , her eyes burning with the desperate fury of someone with nothing left to lose . " Zoe ! Zoe , get out here ! " she shrieked the moment she saw me . She threw herself against the glass door as if I were a lifeline , her palms banging against it , her face contorted in a hideous snarl . " Stop hiding ! Are you happy now that you've ruined my family ? It's all your fault , you bitch ! Get out here ! " I stood my ground , watching her hysterical performance with a blank expression . The security guard , seeing her aggression , quickly moved in and escorted her and her parents off the property . 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