Escape from Mr. Whitman (Emma and Theodore) novel Chapter 551

People were even going to the university's official website to spew their vitriol, harassing the faculty and demanding the administration admit their utter disgrace in harboring a student like Emma Bennett.

Her doctoral program's page was bombarded by trolls, and her advisor was mercilessly doxxed.

Concerned professors reached out to check on her. Ms. Brown directly defended her online, but the backlash was instantaneous. She was viciously attacked by a coordinated army of paid trolls, and even her family's personal information was leaked.

Ms. Brown's voice was ultimately drowned out in the crazed digital bombardment, forcing her to shut down her comment section entirely.

Ms. Brown called Emma to comfort her, her voice heavy with guilt that she couldn't do more to help.

"A lot of the faculty are keeping an eye on this, but honestly, there's only so much we can do..."

"It's okay, Professor. I know what I'm doing," Emma reassured her. "Please pass on my gratitude to the other professors for their concern. But you don't need to speak up for me online anymore. This isn't something that can be reasoned out in a comment section, and it's only bringing the harassment to your door."

Ms. Brown was heartbroken. "Honestly, if Sebastian Remington just stepped up and told the truth, this whole thing would blow over in an instant. What on earth is wrong with that boy?"

Emma offered a quiet smile. She knew exactly what was going on.

Ms. Brown sighed. "I just tried to contact him to get him to make a statement, but he kept dodging the issue. Emma, how did he turn into someone like this?"

Emma didn't have the answers either.

The Sebastian she had first met wasn't like this at all.

Perhaps you only truly knew someone's dark core when you were intimately entwined with them.

The phone call ended with Emma repeatedly assuring the professor that she would be fine.

Larson Bennett could no longer sit idly by. He asked Emma over and over if it was time for him to step in.

Emma shook her head. The timing wasn't right. Since the hype had been artificially inflated to this level, she figured they should let it get a little hotter. Let the storm brew until it was catastrophic.

The cyberbullying raged throughout the holiday performance season, effectively siphoning all the media attention away from other shows. It dominated the trending charts so completely that the rest of the performances were barely a footnote.

As the season wrapped up, the national holiday special was fast approaching.

Netizens relentlessly hounded Isla, demanding to know if she'd be performing her masterpiece on the prestigious broadcast.

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