Panic-texting your sister from the wedding reception when...

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1. They're showing our chat on the projector—oh my god.
2. Which chat?
3. Our private group—they're flashing screenshots of our messages.
4. What messages? I don't understand.
5. The one where I told you I kissed Mark.
6. Mark is here? Who is Mark even?
7. He's dancing with Jess—half the room is reading it.
8. I made the slideshow, but I didn't add private screenshots.
9. It literally shows our bubbles and timestamps.
10. Who had access to your phone tonight?
11. I handed it to Kara to text directions earlier.
12. Kara's been with the groom's friends all night.
13. Kara and Jess fought last month; motive maybe.
14. Why would she care about my texts?
15. Slide three is uploading now—it's my screenshots too.
16. What? You screenshotted our chat?
17. I screenshotted a DM you sent me about Jess months ago.
18. Jess? As in the bride?
19. Not to the bride—I messaged Ethan about Jess kissing him.
20. I told you privately I kissed Jess last year.
21. Why didn't you tell me that?
22. I thought only you and I knew—not the whole room.
23. I never meant this to be public; I'm deleting slides.
24. You can't stop it; it's on the DJ's laptop live.
25. I'm walking to the DJ booth now.
26. Also slide five shows you called the groom 'boring'.
27. I said that in a roast group two months ago.
28. This ruins the wedding; do something now.
29. Who uploaded the screenshots to me originally?
30. I don't know; my phone never left my clutch.
31. Kara just walked past with Jess; they're whispering.
32. Jess is staring at me; she just mouthed 'why'.