Chapter 7

No one expected that the very next day, Mia ruin her public persona. A legal summons was posted directly online. Official sources confirmed my mentor, marine biologist Mr. Brooks, was the elderly man in the photo. The young woman beside him was his student, my junior, participating in a marine survey project requiring divers. I had been the lead on that project before I left. After my death, my junior had taken over. Protecting the oceans was our mission—the very reason Haley had assumed I’d be safe in the water. An advanced diver who survived deep dives, drowning near shore? After my death, the project stalled. The near-retirement professor had taken my junior into the field. And they’d been targeted by Mia’s brainless fans. The dignity of a titan in marine biology wasn’t for ignorant fools to challenge. Mr. Brooks didn’t need to lift a finger. Environmental protection organizations and celebrities with millions of followers posted scathing critiques of the trolls. The fans panicked.