“I’m not the victim in this story. She is.”
“All I can do now is own it. Learn from it. Become someone better. The kind of man who deserves the kind of woman Jade is.”
The video ends with me looking straight at the camera, eyes red but steady.
“If you hate me, I get it. I probably would too. But I’m trying to be better than the boy who broke her.”
Fade to black.
Text on screen:
“Do better. Be better.”
Lane added minimal hashtags when she sends me the preview.
I type more.
#DoBetter #ForJade #NoExcuses #Accountability #RoyalOaks #LeoHolt
My thumb hovers over “Post.”
I think of my dad.
Be the man she can come home to.
I hit it.
The video goes live.
It doesn’t take long.
Within minutes:
• Comments flood in.
• Likes start jumping.
• Shares spike.
Some of it is vicious:“Too late, rich boy.”
Some wary:“At least he’s owning it.”
Some surprisingly soft:“This is what accountability looks like.”
Lane texts:
Lane:We lit the match. Now we watch the fire.
Tristan:
Tris:YOU DID IT ROMEO. THE GIRLS IN MY DMS ARE CRYING.
Xavier:
X:You look like shit on camera. Good. Makes you human.
I sit on the floor of my room, back against the bed, watching the numbers climb.
