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“Alright, and then?” York pressed on, clearly uninterested but going through the motions.
This particular segment was soon clipped and shared all over the internet.
“I’m dying, these two kids are just too cute!”
“Trying to look all serious–adorable! Come here, let me give you a kiss.”
“Is this Eddie’s one and only true fan? LOL!”
“So they’re going for a redemption arc now? Using kids for PR, that’s pretty shady!”
“Redemption? Since when did he even do anything wrong?”
“Oh, and you would know?”
No matter how heated the arguments online became, the video spoke for itself. A thousand viewers meant a thousand interpretations–right and wrong were in the eye of the beholder.
The footage rolled on. York went on to interview several more children, one after another. By the end, it turned into a series of monologues–some in sweet, childish voices, others more mature, though the oldest was barely twelve or thirteen, the youngest just five or six.
“I did some digging later. These so–called ‘adopters‘ just wanted our organs to save themselves or their own kids. Some of us got sold off to who knows where. If anyone tried to run, they’d get locked up. If Eddie hadn’t come to rescue us…”
“Eddie gave me therapy sessions…”
“He taught me to draw. Because of him, I ended up with my current foster family…”
“My best friend didn’t make it out. I asked Eddie why he couldn’t save everyone. He said that to save all the kids, he had to make sure those people could never hurt us again.”
“Eddie is a good person.”
“Eddie is a good person.”
Every single interview ended the same way.
The once–joking, lighthearted netizens fell silent.
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“So many kids… The Chase family is downright evil!”
“And this is only part of it. There are still other kids out there. As a mom, I can’t even watch this without crying.”
“I always thought the Chase family were art world royalty–always doing charity work–one of the few rich families I didn’t even envy. This is disgusting!”
“But how did Eddie know about all of this? How did he help the kids escape without the Chase family noticing? And how did he collect so much evidence?”
“It’s simple. Besides Eddie, is anyone else in this generation of the Chase family even famous? His early work was all stolen by his siblings and published under their own names. If that hadn’t happened, he’d have been recognized years ago. He wouldn’t have had to wait until now.”
“I heard Eddie’s an illegitimate child. I know someone who worked for the Chase family–they said Eddie was always bullied by the rest of them. They hated him but couldn’t let him go, since they needed him to create art for them. He was just a puppet!”
“Oh my god, I take back everything I said about him this morning. I’m literally crying
for him now!”
“Now I finally get what it means to stay pure in a corrupt world. Anyone who can create art that beautiful must have a pure heart!”
“Come on, how do you know this isn’t all staged? Using kids for PR–what a joke.”
“Right, like you could pay off dozens of kids overnight just to clean up your image? Check the addresses–they’re all from different places. What, you think he randomly picked kids from each town to make himself look good?”
“If he wasn’t so good–looking, would you people still be saying this?”
“If you know you’re ugly, go get some work done and stop trash–talking here!”
“Objectively speaking, he really is ridiculously handsome. And that lawyer–suit and tie–absolutely killing me!”
“The way he protected Eddie on camera… Ugh, can’t even, I’m off to draw fan art!”
“I’m obsessed, seriously. My dark, twisted life is only bearable because of stuff like this!”
“Wait, you’re shipping them? You guys are unreal. Whatever, I’m shipping them too!”
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Chapter 278

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