She lied to Shayna from Chronicle when she said that her dream was to solve a real-life cold case. She lied because she was trying to sound like a human. It’s what all psychopaths do when the cameras are rolling. This is her true dream. To write a book that forces all the Substack Stephens of this world to their knees, to revere her. And she thinks she’s on her way. She’s like you. Tick tick tap tap tick. Winners keep winning—she’ll probably get a blurb from Lauren Groff—but what about me? What about you? What about us?

