I decide to quadruple-stream on Instagram, Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok live. (Gifts enabled, of course.) Within five minutes, I have over 100,000 viewers across all platforms. I’m trending worldwide. Everyone is waiting for my tell-all. In ten minutes, 200,000 viewers. Then, 600,000. The numbers don’t stop growing. Gifts are piling in. Comments are going so fast, I can’t read them. I’m blitzed with the same light I had the night of the fire. A wonderous, holy, and powerful excitement, dopamine and adrenaline straight to my bloodstream. This is it. Today, I will step into the light. Not as
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