“Who Really Calls the Shots?”

1. The Desperate Warning

BROOKE : 

Jayden, pick up… pick up!

Jayden, listen to me closely. Bethany has her claws in him. She’s forcing Larry to drive her to the cabin. You know what happens when she drinks. You know what she did last time.

JAYDEN : 

Brooke… why are we still protecting him? You called Larry the night of the incident. You saw the texts. Why didn’t you stop him then?

BROOKE : 

Because I was scared, Jayden! She holds things over people. But if she steps foot in that house… if she drags Larry down with her again… tell him he’s dead to us. Tell him the door is locked.

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2. The Silent Witness Speaks

We shift the focus to Jayden. On Facebook, users love a “truth-teller.” Jayden is no longer just a friend; he is the victim of Bethany’s past manipulation who is finally breaking his silence.

JAYDEN

I stayed quiet because she made me think it was my fault. She spins everything, Brooke. But I’m done hiding.

BROOKE

Then say it. Larry is too blind to see the knife behind her back. He needs to hear it from you.

JAYDEN

I’ll tell him. But once I pull this thread, Brooke… everything unravels. She won’t go down quietly.

BROOKE

Let it burn. Just save Larry.


3. The Toxic Whisper

Larry sits frozen. Bethany is uncomfortably close, her hand resting possessively on his knee.

BETHANY

Don’t listen to them, Larry. They’re just jealous. They don’t know you like I do. Just drive. Once we get there, it’ll just be us. Like it’s supposed to be.

LARRY

Beth… Brooke is really upset. Maybe we should just—

BROOKE

Don’t you dare finish that sentence, Larry!

Get away from him.

BETHANY

Look at you, Brooke. Always so dramatic. Larry was just telling me how much he wants me to come. Weren’t you, Larry?

LARRY

I… I didn’t say…


4. The Exposed Secret

BROOKE

Larry, put the phone on speaker. Now!

JAYDEN 

Larry, look at her. Look at her and tell me you don’t remember what she did to me.

She didn’t just make me “uncomfortable,” Larry. She ruined me. She isolated me. And she’s doing it to you. If you bring her here, you are choosing your abuser over your family.

BETHANY

Shut up, Jayden! You’re a liar!

JAYDEN

I have the recordings, Bethany. Do you want me to play them for Larry?

Bethany freezes. Her face pales. The power dynamic instantly shatters.


5. The Unfinished War

LARRY

Recordings? …Beth?

BETHANY

You’re all pathetic. You think you’re saving him?

BROOKE

Get out. Before I let Jayden post everything he has.

BETHANY

Fine. I’ll go. But remember this… I know secrets about this group that make what I did look like a joke.

Check your texts, Brooke. It’s not over.

LARRY

Brooke? …It’s over, right?

BROOKE

No. I think it just started.


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