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Becky's fingers flew across the keyboard, the incriminating photos and documents laid out before her. She had promised Tessa she would wait for concrete evidence, but the temptation was too great. This was the story of a lifetime - one that could catapult her career to new heights.

With a few clicks, she published the exposé on her blog, the headline blaring: "Rose Shelley: Ageless Billionaire or Immortal Fiend?" The photographs, grainy but unmistakable, showed Rose's face frozen in time over decades. The leaked Shelley Tech files hinted at the company's sordid history of experimentation on vampires.

Becky hit send, unleashing the digital torrent. Within minutes, the story exploded across social media. Shares, retweets, and comments flooded in, each one compounding the maelstrom. The court of public opinion had rendered its verdict on Rose before she could mount a defense.