Winona narrowed her eyes. "A meeting isn''t necessary. If you have something to say, say it on the phone."


    Shifra started crying again, her sobs soft and pitiful.


    Winona wasn''t buying it. She said bluntly, "Sorry, I''m busy. I don''t have time to listen


    to you cry. If you want to cry, call Keaton and let him listen."


    Shifra sniffled. "Winona, I was wrong... what happened today, it really was on purpose. I was just..."


    Shifra then repeated the same story she had told Keaton.


    Including all the hardships she had endured for her dream.


    "I''m so sorry, I was wrong. Can''t you forgive me? I''m young and I was foolish."


    Winona''s reply was swift. "No."


    Shifra was stunned. "..."


    Winona said, "I don''t care if you rode Keaton''s coattails to get some buzz, but now you''re trying to ruin me. Why would I forgive you for that?"


    "Go do your livestream and set the record straight. Once you''ve rified everything, we''ll be even. And for Keaton''s sake, I won''t sue you."


    Shifra pleaded, "I know I was wrong, but I can''t go public! It''ll ruin me. This career is my entire dream..." she choked out between fresh sobs."


    Winona waspletely unsympathetic. "The entertainment industry is your dream, but my acting career is *my* dream. If you don''t rify this, you''re destroying my dream. I''m not going to sacrifice myself for you. I''m no some martyr!"


    Seeing that Winona wasn''t giving her an inch, Shifra choked out, "But Winona, think about it. If I do rify, will anyone even believe me?"


    "They''ll just say you forced me to do it, that I was scared of you and that''s why I was willing to throw away my future to apologize on a livestream."


    Winona gave a coldugh. "Shifra, I''m several years older than you and I''ve been in this business for a long time. I''ve seen more than my fair share of maniptive little actresses who y the victim. Don''t even try those pathetic little tricks on me."


    "Either you set the record straight publicly, or you can prepare to be buried inwsuits."


    Shifra gritted her teeth. "Winona, I''m Keaton''s girlfriend, you..."


    Winona cut her off. "Don''t bring Keaton into this. He''s already spoken to me. The issue between you and me has nothing to do with him."


    Bet


    "But I will give you one piece of advice, for his sake. It''s not easy to get into a dance academy. Don''t throw your éducation away over this."


    With that, Winona hung up.


    Shifra gripped her phone, her breathing ragged with anger.


    "Bitch!"


    After cursing viciously, she thought for a moment, then made a call.


    "I''m going to do a livestream in a bit. I need you to get some people to steer the narrative..."


    Afterying out her n, Shifra started the livestream.


    Without washing her face, she went live with her red, swollen eyes, looking pitiful and wronged.


    "Hi everyone, I''m Shifra. I want to make a public rification... The


    things said today werent fr


    deliberately hurt Winona because was jealous... It was all my fault..."


    Before her stream even ended, people started steering the narrative in thements:


    "Shifra must have been forced to do this, right? She''s ruining her own future!"


    "This is so obvious. Winona is just making Shifra the scapegoat to protect her own reputation!"


    "Wow, Winona is ruthless. The


    moment she''s in trouble, she throws


    her


    topletely destroy Shifra!"


    Salled, friend under the bus


    The viewers looked at the sobbing Shifra, then at thements.


    For a moment, no one knew what was real and what was fake.