The Ex-Best Friend's Cruelty

She watched the ambulance disappear, its sirens fading into the city's symp

ing across the screen with vicious speed.

assault a poor homeless veteran on the street. She refused to let anyone help and forced u

ad managed to snap in the chaos-a blurry shot of me leaning over Mr. Henderson

o spread online wi

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ifferent, but just as toxic. "Med Student Attack

meticulously edited it. She cut out the entire sequence of me performing life-savi

top." She zoomed in on the moment I put the pill in his mouth, making it look forceful and sinis

vibrate uncontrollably in my pocket. I pulled it out in the

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go to school. We'r

d Facebook. My university's social media accounts were spammed with demands for m

een in the waiting room. A local news channel was breaking the st

eady gathered around her. Her face was streaked with fake t

d broken it. "She's my best friend, but I didn't recognize her. She was

erfectly. She had taken my act of redemption and was