Chapter 15

The next time I heard about Ethan and Vanessa was one evening when my roommate texted me.

“Maya, have you seen the newest campus post?”

I opened it.

Cyber Team had just issued a formal statement. Vanessa was permanently removed from the competition roster for fabricating messages, spreading malicious anonymous accusations, and damaging team integrity.

The large security firm that had offered her a summer internship withdrew the offer that same day.

According to comments under the post, she and Ethan had gotten into a loud argument outside the engineering building that afternoon.

At first, they had kept their voices down.