"My name was trending in the worst way."
Silver made it halfway to the rink before her phone started exploding.
Not figuratively. Actually buzzing so constantly that it felt like it might vibrate out of her hand. Notifications flooded the screen faster than she could read them.
Twitter mentions. Instagram tags. Text messages from numbers she didn't recognize.
"What the hell?" Maya stopped walking, pulling out her own phone. Her face went pale. "Oh no."
"What? What is it?"
Maya turned her screen around. A tweet from a major sports blog with over a million followers.
FIGURE SKATING INSIDER: Olympic Bronze Medalist Valentina Sokolova's Dark Past Exposed—Coach Abuse Claims Called Into Question
The article was linked. Already shared thousands of times. Already trending.
Silver's hands shook as she clicked through. The blog post was long. Detailed. Written with just enough journalistic credibility to seem legitimate while being absolutely devastating.
