POV: Elena
My documentary had thirty million views by the time Darren's parole hearing happened three days later.
I sat in the courtroom between Mom and Dad, watching him in his orange jumpsuit. He'd been arrested for parole violation—contacting me despite the restraining order, making threats, demonstrating he was still a danger to our family.
His lawyer tried to argue the recording was taken out of context. That Darren had been having a private conversation that sounded worse than it was. That his mental health was suffering and he needed treatment, not imprisonment.
But then the prosecutor played more of my footage. All of it. The memoir analysis showing how he'd crafted his redemption narrative. The text messages he'd sent me. The way he'd systematically positioned himself in our l
