The soothing hum of the air conditioning blended seamlessly with the soft tapping of keyboards around me as I sat at my desk in the law firm's office. The usual tasks of legal research and document preparation filled my day, but there was a subtle shift in the air. The fervor surrounding my place in the firm had begun to dissipate, leaving room for a new current to take its place.
With a quiet sigh, I leaned back in my chair and allowed myself a moment of respite. The past weeks had been a rollercoaster of emotions, but working was a helpful distraction. The dust was settling.
Pulling out my phone, I opened a social media app and began scrolling through my feed. What I saw took me by surprise – a cascade of photoshopped images featuring Timothy and me, plastered all over the internet.
