Tiffany finally understood my calmness, why
my uncle and aunt were furious, and why
Mark’s parents stormed out. She thought they
were just angry about her prank. She’d
forgotten she’d locked the door. She yelled,
“Turn it off! Turn it off!”
I reassured her, “Relax, they’re getting the
key.”
She grabbed the mic, “This is fake! Deepfake!
My sister’s framing me! Don’t believe it! Don’t
take pictures! Don’t livestream…”
“Mark and I… nothing happened. Please, I
beg you!”
I continued watching the video. After she
finished, I said, “Tiffany, you posted your own
video. How is that fake? Look, they’re
changing the guy. Is that your ex? Was that
relationship innocent?”
Tiffany almost fainted. The video had
changed; her ex was now the guy.
Eleven:
Guests were gasping. Tiffany was the woman,
but the men kept changing. The gossip flew.
“Tiffany’s such a slut!”
“She even went after her own cousin’s
husband!”
“Good thing I didn’t set her up on a date.”
“She says it’s fake? That’s impossible.”
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“Why’d she post it?”
“To break up her cousin’s wedding, to steal
her husband!”
“Mark’s a jerk too.”
It was simple. After my rebirth, I’d almost left
Mark, but feared ruining my reputation. I’d
been sarcastic to Tiffany, then accessed her
phone while Mark and Tiffany were gone. I’d
looked for incriminating texts, but found
incriminating videos. I threatened the AV tech
to replace the video.
Watching Tiffany and Mark’s meltdown, I
tossed my veil and bouquet and left.
Twelve:
Back at the apartment, I learned the next act
through social media. Someone posted a
video of Mark and Tiffany fighting. The
wedding video’s popularity boosted this one
to the trending section.
Tiffany sobbed, “Mark, Mengting did this! She
framed me!”
Mark didn’t comfort her. He slapped her, “Are
you stupid? You posted the video! You
wanted to ruin my wedding, use your
pregnancy to marry me!”
Tiffany cried harder, “Mark, the baby is ours! I
just want to marry you for the baby! The
video I intended to show was a deepfake of
Mengting.”
“I wanted you to use that video against
Mengting… to humiliate her… maybe even
drive her to suicide.”
Mark raged, “Why did you do all that?! If
you’d done nothing, after we married, I’d have
gotten rid of her, and we’d have all the
money!”
The video cut off
–
probably because they’d
been discovered.
I closed my phone and nodded. Mark had
been oblivious. It was all Tiffany. He was the
く
most heartbroken.
