Twenty-Four

Summary

• The protagonist is released from the hospital after an accident which has resulted in hefty medical bills. The nature of her accident is being labelled a public accident rather than assault.
• She finds out that Candice, the woman she suspects attacked her, has leveraged the situation to create media attention and has an upcoming memoir in the works, talking about the protagonist's theft of her friend Athena's work, which paints the protagonist as the villain.
• The protagonist spends time alone, struggling with her situation, not responding to anyone who reaches out. She avoids contacting her family, mourning her lost career as a writer and contemplating suicide.
• Eventually, she decides that her silence won't work in her favor. Instead, she plans to fight back, flipping Candice's narrative and revealing her as a manipulator.
• The protagonist plans to reveal Candice as the one who caused the accident, exploited her, and twisted her love for Athena into something negative.
• She intends to send a proposal to her potentially former agent, Brett, with an alternate account of the events. If he isn’t interested, she plans to find someone else.
• She believes her story could sell for a high price and be a major publishing success due to the ongoing drama. Her hope is that her reputation can be restored and the public will question whether she was right all along.