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“I do, too,” I nodded.
“Good.”
“So…does this mean you forgive me?”Jacob asked.
“Honestly, I don’t think I’ll be able to forgive you today or tomorrow, but one day I will. I promise. I don’t hate you anymore. So, there’s that at least,” I pointed out.
“That’s fair enough. Also, I’ll properly admit that I was the one who leaked your nudes and that Eddy was framed. I don’t want his reputation to be tarnished. He’s a good guy,” Jacob added.
“That’s mature of you,” I exclaimed.
“It’s the very least I can do.”
“I have a burning question,”I mentioned.
“What is it? You can ask me anything,” Jacob assured.
“What did Indira have to do with it? Why did Carlos and Manny include her of all people?”
Jacob seemed hesitant and softly exhaled.
“This is, uh… This is an awkward situation. I figured you’d ask me that.”
“Why?”
“You’re not gonna want to hear this, and I don’t exactly want to repeat it, but I know I have to. I owe you that much,” Jacob explained.
“Whatever it is, I want to know.”
“I can try to explain everything as best as I can, but it would be better if you heard it straight from her,” Jacob reassured me.
CHAPTER 25
INDIRA
Iwrote in an online journal once I moved into my new house, which was two hours away from Brightwood Lake. It was one of the only ways I was able to remain sane after everything that happened.
Everything I found out about the current lives of Heather, Eddy, and Jacob was revealed through social media. Once I found out what happened to Heather, I knew she had deserved it. I wanted to get in on that action as well. I created the anonymous accountangel66to ruin Heather and Eddy’s lives.
I sent a voice message to Carlos to thank him for carrying out my plan and to finally explain myself. I needed my story to get out there somehow.
When I first reached out to him, he quickly remembered me as the girl in the movie theater he tried to flirt with. Despite mydisgust for him, we had something in common—our strong and mutual hatred for Heather.
It felt good that I was able to use him as my personal tool after he tried to treat me as one. I wanted Heather and Jacob to know it was me. I explained to Carlos that Eddy pressured me into sending him nude pictures of myself, even though he didn’t love me.
One of his friends then got ahold of my nude photos, sent them around to the rest of the basketball team, and kept the secret very tight-lipped. I guess since they’re such a tight “brotherhood,” that is the reason it wasn’t blasted all over social media. Maybe they thought they would get in serious trouble if they got caught with them. Who knows? The horrible thing is, they probably wouldn’t have.
After this happened, they bullied and teased me in class. I never felt more embarrassed, exposed, and humiliated in my entire life. I broke down crying every single day in between classes and after school. It was the longest three weeks of my life.
I reluctantly told my parents that I needed to relocate schools, which ruined everything I was working towards—mainly my Ivy League aspirations. I was forced to tell them what happened in full detail. They never looked at me the same way again.
My father decided to move two hours away so we would all have a fresh start. Apparently, he wanted to repair his rapidly deteriorating relationship with my mother as well. He was done cheating on her. I didn’t believe he wanted to change. I’m sure Linda Newman broke things off with him, and he just wanted to save face.
When we moved, it forced me to rely on him. I hated that with every bone in my body.
I was in a very dark place, and as a result, I slowly crafted the plan to expose Eddy and humiliate Heather. Simply put, I wanted revenge. I didn’t care about exposing my nude picturesto everyone in the school—that’s how angry I was and how far I was willing to go to make them pay.
After he listened to my voice message, Carlos asked me what Heather had done to me. I told him that only she knew. I then logged off, deleted my account, and said nothing more. I had delivered the emotional devastation I had intended and had succeeded.
