“My father forced my pregnant mother to sing at his wedding.”

By morning, it had thousands of views.

By evening, millions.

The comments were ruthless.

“This is abuse, not entertainment.”

“How could a man humiliate the mother of his child like this?”

“I feel sick watching him smile.”

Michael noticed the change before he understood the reason. His phone kept buzzing—calls from coworkers, business partners, even distant relatives. At first, he ignored them, enjoying his honeymoon glow. But when his boss left a voicemail saying, “We need to talk. Immediately,” unease crept in.

Amanda was the first to confront him.

“Why is your name trending?” she demanded, holding her phone up. The video played on loop, Emily’s trembling voice echoing through the hotel room.

Michael’s face drained of color. “She… she posted that?”

“No,” Amanda snapped. “Your daughter did. And now everyone thinks you’re a monster.”

Michael tried damage control. He posted a statement claiming Emily had agreed to sing, that it was a “lighthearted moment taken out of context.” But the internet wasn’t buying it.

Former friends began sharing their own stories—how Michael mocked his wife, controlled finances, dismissed Emily’s dreams. A former coworker anonymously revealed that Michael often bragged about “keeping women in their place.”

Sponsors pulled out of his consulting firm. Within a week, he was placed on unpaid leave.

Meanwhile, Emily stayed offline.

She focused on doctor appointments, on preparing for the baby, on healing. Sophia moved in with her full-time, refusing to answer Michael’s calls.

“I’m sorry,” Sophia said one night, sitting beside her mother. “I didn’t ask before posting.”

Emily held her daughter’s hand. “You didn’t ruin anything,” she said softly. “You told the truth.”

Michael finally showed up at Emily’s house, unannounced. He looked different—thinner, frantic.

“You turned my daughter against me,” he shouted.

“No,” Emily replied calmly. “You did that yourself.”

He demanded the video be taken down. Sophia stepped forward.

“I won’t,” she said. “You humiliated her. You humiliated us.”

Michael raised his voice, but Emily didn’t flinch. For the first time in years, she wasn’t afraid.

“If you don’t leave,” she said, “I’ll call the police.”

He left.

Days later, Amanda filed for annulment. She claimed emotional distress and misrepresentation of character. The woman Michael had married for status wanted nothing to do with him now.

Alone, jobless, and publicly disgraced, Michael scrolled endlessly through comments that refused to forget.

What hurt the most wasn’t the loss of money or reputation.

It was realizing that his daughter no longer loved him.