The Star I Unmade

The night Miles Preston won the Academy Award for Best Actor, the first thing he did wasn’t thank me. It was to announce his early retirement to a room full of flashing lights and a world of stunned fans.

By the time I reached the parking lot, the internet had already imploded. But inside our agency’s group chat, it was a goddamn carnival.

“I can’t wait to see how Becca cleans this one up,” one message read, popping up on my screen with a relentless ping.

“Seriously. She’s spent ten years trying to turn Miles into a legend, and he just flushes it all down the toilet for Summer.