~Reo’s~

“Reo Cuss—Playboy or Prisoner? Sources Say Power Is No Longer in His Hands.”

The headline flashes across every screen in the corporate lobby. Red. Bold. Dirty font. And then the subheads hit harder—Polygamy rumors confirmed by former aide. Secret therapy. Insider tensions. Family PR staged?

I freeze in front of the elevator, barely hearing the ding as the doors part. Executives scatter around me, pretending not to look, pretending not to panic. But I can feel their judgment crawling across my skin like roaches.

I hold my phone tighter. Every word slices through me like it’s dipped in rusted metal. Every paragraph unpeels a version of me I’ve been...