Texting your sibling from the car during freshman move‑in...

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1. Sam, TikTok just tagged me for vandalizing your dorm.
2. What? Stop, send me the link right now.
3. I'm in the car unloading, I was home all day.
4. Someone filmed outside your old floor, it's everywhere already.
5. Don't open the comments, they'll spiral this into harassment.
6. Too late, it's trending and my group chat exploded.
7. Delete my tag, delete screenshots, please, I'm begging.
8. I can't delete what other people already reshared.
9. Who posted it originally?
10. Maya—she uploaded it and tagged you in the caption.
11. Maya what? Why would she tag me?
12. Because I told her I was there and she panicked.
13. You were there?
14. I went tonight to move things and I lost it.
15. Lost it how, Sam?
16. We argued with an RA and a locker got wrecked.
17. You wrecked a locker?
18. It wasn't meant to be vandalism, it just happened when I shoved.
19. Are you saying you did it?
20. I did, and Maya filmed because she thought it was content.
21. So they framed me to cover your mistake?
22. I asked Maya to tag you so they'd leave me alone.
23. How could you choose my future over admitting your mistake?
24. I panicked about scholarship loss, I'm so sorry, I'm ruined.