Chapter 22
“That won’t be a problem. We’ve already had a meeting over this earlier–we have to clear the air. Our crew will also contact the airport,” the young woman said. “What about your second condition?”
“Don’t disturb Professor Lawson,” Angeline said.
“Of course. Rest assured, we won’t.” In truth, the crew had already contacted Robert before speaking to Angeline. He was unwilling to have anything to do with the program.
At 2:00 pm, Oceanford’s police force released a statement that a man with the last name Houston had been taken away for investigation. At the same time, the crew of The Family Search published a long tweet.
They explained the situation from A to Z, including the reason they’d invited Anne to join the program. Since she didn’t know how to purchase a flight ticket, the crew had arranged everything for her before informing her of the time and date.
They weren’t speaking without proof. The tweet came with a recording of the phone conversation between Anne and the crew. In the recording, it was obvious that Anne was a woman from the countryside who knew nothing about the world.
When members of the crew had asked Anne about when she wanted to come to Oceanford, she’d told them to arrange everything. She’d also asked them about the details of boarding a flight.
There was also another video included in the tweet–the complete video of Anne pushing Ingrid. From the video, it was clear that Anne had been forced into the crowd.
When she saw Ned, she wanted to head toward him, but a man behind her who’d been shoving people around and even throwing things at Ned had pushed Anne hard. That was why she’d staggered forward and ended up ramming into Ingrid.
It had to be said that the crew of The Family Search knew how to hype things up. They’d tagged Ingrid in their tweet, expressing their hope that she wouldn’t let the true culprit off the hook while asking her to prove Anne’s innocence.
They also said that they didn’t want the netizens to continue cyberbullying an innocent woman over a video that had been deliberately edited to make Anne look bad.
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With this tweet, everyone started going after the person who’d first released the video where Anne being pushed by the man had been edited out. At the same
time, their interest in The Family Search grew.
The Family Search had most definitely secured the viewership for their next episode.
As more and more people retweeted The Family Search’s tweet, more and more people saw that Anne had only crashed into Ingrid after being shoved by
someone. They also saw that she’d tried to salvage the situation after knocking into Ingrid; she just hadn’t had the chance.
Of course, there were still netizens who reprimanded Anne for pushing her way through a crowd at her age, but in general, things were getting better.
At 4:30 pm, Angeline saw a familiar number on her phone screen. She answered the call.
“What did you say to Ingrid?” Ned’s angry voice rang out.
“Ms. Dalton called me this morning to check whether we’d really divorced; I answered her truthfully. I also promised her I wouldn’t turn back.” Angeline stared at the webpage where the comments and retweets were still growing.
She continued, “Ms. Dalton seemed to be really insecure, so I asked her whether I still needed to meet you at Regalia Hotel tonight. That’s all we talked about.“3
Ned fell silent. She could only hear his breathing on the other end of the line; it was heavy with his rage.
