Table turns

Nolan

I clenched my hands around the steering wheel, the soft hum of the car engine barely registering in my mind as I scrolled through the comments on my phone. Each word felt like a punch to the gut, a reminder of how far things had spiraled out of control. Alanna sat beside me, quiet but I could feel the tension radiating from her. She was hurt, just as much as I was, if not more. I couldn’t understand how people could believe Chloe’s lies so easily. The media had taken her side without question, painting me as the villain and her as the innocent victim.

“This is unbelievable,” I muttered, my voice low but filled with frustration. I didn’t need to look at Alanna to know she was listening. “Just listen to this.”

I scrolled to a comment that had racked up hundreds of likes. “‘Nolan doesn’t deserve any sympathy. Cheating on his wife with her sister? Disgusting.’” I practically spat the words out, the bitterness of them lingering in the air. “They don’t even know the half of it. They h