Refusing the Group Chat Court

After that, the group chat court. You're refused trials you never agreed to attend.

It's never announced like a confrontation. It's hinted at, a weird shift in tone,

a message that feels rehearsed, a we-need-to-talk that somehow already includes an audience.

You can tell when something private has been made public, because suddenly you're not speaking

to a person anymore, you're speaking to a verdict, to a version of events that's been

passed around, edited, simplified, and stamped with certainty.

And the old you would rush in, you would explain, clarify, smooth it over.

You'd write paragraphs trying to make sure you're not misunderstood, trying to be fair, trying to keep the