Trigger warning- swearing, mentions of suicide
Inspired by- Sober 2 (melodrama) by, Lorde
Wanted to try writing again- hope you enjoy!
ᵞᴼᵁ ᴬˢᴷᴱᴰ ᴵᶠ ᴵ ᵂᴬˢ ᶠᴱᴱᴸᴵᴺᴳ ᴵᵀ, ᴵ'ᴹ ᴾˢᵞᶜᴴᴼ ᴴᴵᴳᴴ, ᴵ ᴷᴺᴼᵂ ᵞᴼᵁ ᵂᴼᴺ'ᵀ ᴿᴱᴹᴱᴹᴮᴱᴿ ᴵᴺ ᵀᴴᴱ ᴹᴼᴿᴺᴵᴺᴳ ᵂᴴᴱᴺ ᴵ ˢᴾᴱᴬᴷ ᴹᵞ ᴹᴵᴺᴰ
“Nothing’s going to happen to you,” she heard her boyfriend promise, though the situation at hand was more distracting than his voice. Zoe never asked for her life to be portrayed online, and this stranger of her brother that people were growing to love painted Zoe out to be the bad guy. Zoe wasn’t the bad guy. She refused to believe she was anything but the victim when it came to Connor’s life, and although she loved Evan Hansen, she had the hardest time believing anything he said anymore.
ᵂᴱ ᵀᴼᴸᴰ ᵞᴼᵁ ᵀᴴᴵˢ ᵂᴬˢ ᴹᴱᴸᴼᴰᴿᴬᴹᴬ, ᴼᵁᴿ ᴼᴺᴸᵞ ᵂᴵˢᴴ ᵂᴬˢ ᴹᴱᴸᴼᴰᴿᴬᴹᴬ
There was no warning before Evan posted the suicide note. There was no asking for her family’s consent, there was just thousands of likes, shares and comments. Now, the whole world knew that Zoe, Zoe Murphy was the villain. She had been silenced, never allowed to share her side of the story. From now on, she would be known as the girl who ignored her brother to the point where he killed himself.
And then came the death threats
‘I wish that Zoe was the one who died instead of Connor’
‘She’s a bitch who doesn’t deserve to live’
‘She killed her brother, she’s a monster’
ᴬᴺᴰ ᵀᴴᴱ ᵀᴱᴿᴿᴼᴿ, ᴬᴺᴰ ᵀᴴᴱ ᴴᴼᴿᴿᴼᴿ, ᴬᴺᴰ ᵂᴱ ᵂᴼᴺᴰᴱᴿ ᵂᴴᵞ ᵂᴱ ᴮᴼᵀᴴᴱᴿ
The world knew her town, her school, her family and her friends. For the first time after Connor’s death, Zoe felt something. Fear, absolute fear. Fear for her wellbeing, her family. She watched as her phone seemingly burst into flames, her life going down with it. Her family was being painted out to be sadistic, without any chance to explain themselves. How could Evan do this to them? When the boyfriend came to explain, it only made everything worse.
ᴬᴸᴸ ᵀᴴᴱ ᴳᴸᴬᴹᴼᵁᴿ, ᴬᴺᴰ ᵀᴴᴱ ᵀᴿᴬᵁᴹᴬ, ᴬᴺᴰ ᵀᴴᴱ ᶠᵁᶜᴷᴵᴺ' ᴹᴱᴸᴼᴰᴿᴬᴹᴬ
It was all a lie. All of it. Her brother was truly just a monster, and her family was now just as broken as the day when Connor died. Every bit of good in Zoe’s life was taken away from her, and she was left deflated. She had nothing. She was nothing.
ᵂᴱ ᵀᴼᴸᴰ ᵞᴼᵁ ᵀᴴᴵˢ ᵂᴬˢ ᴹᴱᴸᴼᴰᴿᴬᴹᴬ, ᵞᴼᵁ ᵂᴬᴺᵀᴱᴰ ˢᴼᴹᴱᵀᴴᴵᴺᴳ ᵀᴴᴬᵀ ᵂᴱ ᴼᶠᶠᴱᴿ
It would take years for her to heal, but she would eventually. No wounds healed without leaving a scar, and the scar left on Zoe would affect her future relationships. She would never really get all of her trust back. It was a long, grueling process, but Zoe finally got away from the melodrama. She got as far as she fucking could and she never dared to look back.
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