They Canceled My Ticket I Canceled Them Chapter 26
In the trial transcript, Madison had sworn under oath that she didn’t know where the files had come from and had tried to blame an intern.
But in her livestream, she now claimed Marcus was the one who made the real decisions.
Both statements could not be true.
The public comments shifted quickly.
*So she lied either in court or on the livestream. Pick one.*
*The court already ruled on this. Why is she still playing the victim?*
*I feel bad for that intern.*
Halfway through the stream, Marcus burst into the room.
The camera jolted, but the feed didn’t cut off.
“Turn it off!” his voice roared from off-screen.
“Haven’t you made things bad enough?”
Madison clutched the phone, crying.
“You’re the one who told me to use that concept! Now the company’s gone and you’re trying to pin it all on me?”
“You brought the files into the company.”
“But you saw the emails! You said Northstar would never find out!”
The live comments went still.
Madison finally realized what she’d said. She fumbled to end the stream, but the phone slipped from her grasp.
The camera stared at the ceiling for a few seconds.
Then Marcus’s voice came again, low and bitter.
“If it weren’t for you, I never would have lost Elena.”
Madison let out a sharp, sudden laugh.
“You lost her because the four of you treated her like an idiot. What does that have to do with me?”
The stream ended.
I didn’t watch the replay.
The next day, Marcus and Madison each released statements accusing the other of manipulation, deceit, and blame-shifting.
At last, they were demanding that the other answer for their choices.
This time, I wasn’t there to absorb the fallout.