Burning

16

What else could I say?

At that time, we all naively thought that the matter was over.

Little did I know that before I left the hospital, all kinds of rumors about me were flooding the internet.

One of them was that I had seduced a famous director and was caught in the act by his wife, who then beat me up.

Ms. Miller and I both knew that it was Jimmy's revenge. He spread these rumors everywhere just to ruin me.

When public opinion was boiling, Richard's mother showed up in my hospital room.

She threw a stack of photos of me entering Jimmy's room in my face, which she had obtained from an unknown source.

She accused me in front of my parents, yelling, "You seduced Jimmy, whom I have known for decades. What were you thinking?"

I wanted to explain, but she sneered. "Jimmy's wife claimed she caught you in his room that day. What else do you want to say?"

After that, I didn't explain myself anymore.