When The Victim Rewrites Her Story

ery meeting with meticulous precision, the little red 'RE

odel to myself, just as th

ved the correct version, encrypted it, and backed it up on a personal drive. Then,

pinged. A notification

d 'Final_Proje

es later, a

'Final_Projec

t was b

swapped the key dataset

t to reflect the fake data, mak

ug. They think

d drive, replaced their sabotaged file with my encrypted,

we stood before

red disappointment. "Professor, I have something ter

Ava. We trusted her with the data model, but... the num

f sorrow. "The conclusions we drew are completely unsuppor

n. He looked at me, his disappoint

took out my laptop and con

I took measures to ensure th

, where I clearly stated my policy on recordin

he shared drive'

clear, timestamped r

I said, my voice echoing in the silent room. "And here, at 2:17

layed the two versions side-by-side. On one side, my c

iting the final report to incorporate Chloe' s fr

of all color. Liam looked like

version I submitted at 3:30 AM, after restoring the correct d

the project's success. That meant protecting i

, his face a thundercloud of rage. He wasn' t just a professo

e said, his voice dangero

their plot exposed in the mo

ut, the chat was

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e bullet, she caught it a

ic warning for this. It' ll

control of his own s

top, my hands p

ust the fi