From Betrayal to Brilliance: She Rose Stronger Than Ever
Everyone else chimed in right away. "Yeah, people like her shouldn't even be allowed to stay at this hospital. She has no professional ethics at all!" I think Athena should just be asked to leave before she does any more damage to the hospital's reputation. Who knows what kind of scandal she'll cause next? Should we all sign a petition and report her to Mr. Drake? At that moment, Maya hid behind her phone, smirking to herself. Watching Athena struggle to respond, she figured Athena must be losing her mind. One of Athena's harshest critics was actually Maya's own assistant, who seemed just as thrilled. She messaged Maya, "Professor Rice, looks like Athena's finally going to be pushed out. Maybe she'll leave the hospital for good and won't bother you anymore." Maya's smile grew even wider. If only things could go that way. Just then, Athena saw the timing was right. She uploaded the photos and videos of Maya sneaking around her office. She sneered, "Mr. Elijah and I were only talking about work handover. There's video evidence for every part of our conversation. As for these scandalous photos, you can see for yourselves where they came from!" Everyone was stunned when Athena dropped her evidence. Athena smirked at the stunned silence in the group chat. Maya must have gotten sloppy this time—she forgot to delete the security footage. Jaylee had gotten both the photos and the security video. Now, everyone could see exactly what Maya had done. The videos clearly showed that Athena and Elijah were just discussing work, and that alone was enough to clear Athena's name. Seeing that Athena had sent all the evidences, Jaylee finally let out all her pent-up anger. "Some people really have no shame! They just sneak around, framing others, trying to destroy someone's reputation. Even if your fiancé dumps you, that's no excuse for being this toxic!" The group chat exploded with outrage. Plenty of people felt grossed out at being played for fools. "Wait, it was all Professor Rice's doing?" "So Athena got trashed for days for nothing? That's so unfair!" "I really thought Athena had done something wrong and went along with the rumors. Now that she's proven innocent, I realized we all got used." "That's just nasty!" ... Everyone kept typing furiously, realizing Maya had made them her pawns, turning them against Athena for two whole days. Now, they all felt ridiculous. Back in her office, Maya had been basking in her own success until things flipped in an instant. She stared in disbelief at the evidence laid bare for everyone to see. She had no idea when she'd been caught. Then Athena tagged Maya's burner account in the group chat. "Professor Rice, why not use your real account to talk?" Maya's hands shook so badly she nearly dropped her phone. She immediately left the chat. It was only a burner account, after all. As long as she never admitted anything, Athena couldn't pin it on her. She could always claim Athena set her up. Maya forced herself to calm down.Her assistant, having seen Athena's evidence, came over. "Professor Rice, what happened? How did Athena get all that stuff?" Maya's face twisted in anger. She slapped her assistant, snapping, "What is wrong with you? Didn't I tell you to delete the security footage? Why didn't you?" That security video was the most important piece of evidence Athena had just posted. It showed how Maya had sneaked around taking photos and set Athena up with those photos. The assistant clutched her cheek, stammering through tears, "I ... I thought since Athena didn't catch us last time, she wouldn't check the cameras this time, so ... " You thought? Are you dumb or what? Maya was beside herself. After she had taken those photos, she'd told her assistant to erase the security footage. She'd never imagined the girl would mess up something so simple. Now, instead of ruining Athena's reputation, she had destroyed her own. Maya was livid. She was about to blow up when someone knocked on her office door. Someone had come to get her side of the story. Maya glared daggers at her assistant, whose face was already red and puffy. She snapped, "What are you waiting for? Go hide in the bathroom, and don't come out unless I say so. "You want people to see you like this?" Even if nobody suspected anything, if word got out that she had a bad temper, she'd be ruined. Maya would never let that happen. Her assistant scurried away, and Maya went to open the door. Standing outside was Barbara.As soon as the door opened, Barbara demanded, "Maya, was it really you who did this to Athena?"
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