Chapter 11 A Force To Be Reckoned With
The hotel was great about handling the elevator incident. Not only did they waive Kendall's fee, but they also upgraded her from a standard room to a VIP suite.
Kendall took a comfortable bath in the jacuzzi, her thin body wrapped in a large bathrobe. She picked up a hairdryer and ran her slender fingers through her hair. As she looked up, her collarbones were prominent, and her neck was long and graceful.
After drying her hair, Kendall finally had time to check her phone. As expected, her social media apps, Instagram and TikTok, were blowing up. Usually, Instagram was just an icon on her phone, but today, her messages were 99+.
Kendall opened it and saw the messages were from people who attended the Hansen family's celebration that afternoon, wanting to know about her conflict with the Hansen family that caused them such public humiliation.
Others, who weren't there, heard about her heroic act of kicking the Hansen family into the pool and were subtly trying to get information. Without exception, they were all just enjoying the drama.
Many of the people on Instagram were friends Kendall had added after she returned to the Hansen family, but she wasn't close with them and had never shared anything personal.
They didn't talk much when she was with the Hansen family, so there was no need to be in contact now that she had left. Kendall ignored all of them.
But the latest messages were interesting. They were from people mocking her, asking if she had really been kicked out of the Hansen family.
A question mark slowly appeared in her mind.
How long had it been since she left the Hansen family, and people already knew?
She was the one who decided to cut ties with the Hansen family, so how did it become that she was kicked out?
Kendall raised an eyebrow, realizing that things were more complicated than they seemed.
She opened TikTok and was immediately bombarded with 999+ unread messages.
This wasn't new for Kendall. Mia had dreamed of being an actress since she was a child. In her third year of college, she signed with an agency after the Hansen family vetted her.
In two years, she starred in several shows and gained some fame in the entertainment industry.
One time, Mia forgot her script at home and called mother to bring it to the set, but Diana had already planned to get a cosmetic procedure together with some other ladies of the elite society in Orapolis City.
Instead, she asked Kendall, who was home for the holidays, to take it to Mia. Kendall thought it was a small favour and went.
She was dressed casually, as usual. When she gave the script to Mia and was about to leave, the director noticed her and asked if she was interested in a role that was perfect for her.
Kendall wasn't interested in the entertainment industry and declined. This incident was filmed by a reporter who happened to be visiting the set and was posted online.
Kendall distinctly remembered that when the reporter posted the short video, all the comments about her were positive.
The reporter didn't know her identity, but Mia had called her 'sister' in front of everyone, so the reporter assumed she was Mia's family.
The video went a little viral, and fans affectionately called her 'pretty sister'.
But that same day, Mia came home crying.
The entire Hansen family comforted her. The reason for her tears was that video.
When Mia debuted, her team's marketing strategy was to present her as the one and only daughter of the Hansen family, a rich socialite.
Kendall's appearance as her 'sister' ruined her reputation.
When the Hansen family heard this, they immediately released a statement that night, officially confirming that Kendall and Mia were not biologically related and were not sisters.
Every sentence of the Hansen family's statement was true, but every sentence also favoured Mia, leaving outsiders to misunderstand the real meaning behind it.
With Mia's team fanning the flames, Kendall, who had done nothing wrong, was labeled by netizens as 'cunning bitch' who was trying to get famous by using Mia. No matter how Kendall explained it, it was no use. Mia's fans insulted her on TikTok every day.
The short-video industry was booming, and Kendall had planned to become a vlogger. But as soon as she went live, Mia's fans, who had heard the news, would come and curse at her and all the way to her ancestors, ten generation back!
The Hansen family knew about this but never cleared her name. Just a little while ago, Liam had even mocked her for trying to use Mia's popularity. Thinking about this, a sharp glint flashed in Kendall's eyes.
Before, since they lived under the same roof, she had always ignored Mia's fans. But the Kendall she was now couldn't stand it! Not even from netizens!
Kendall opened the comment section she hadn't looked at in a long time, ready to fight back hard.
user @LoveMiaMia: "Ahhhh, Kendall, aren't you disgusting?! Pushing Mia into the water because you're jealous that her show is a hit?! How can such a disgusting person exist?! Why don't you go die?!"
@Kendall replied to @LoveMiaMia: "If you love to poke your nose into other people's business so much, then you'd even itch to taste the trash from the garbage truck, right?"
user @UnceasinglyMoving: "Kendall, get down on your knees and apologize to Mia!!! You're always trying to get famous using Mia's popularity, and you're even live streaming! Do you really think anyone wants to watch you?"
@Kendall replied to @UnceasinglyMoving: "Which sewer was left open and allowed you to crawl out again?"
user @ILoveMia: "Kendall, are you not embarrassed?
You're just a poor relative staying at the Hansen family's house!
Not only are you ungrateful to the Hansen family, but you also want to replace Mia?
Take a look at yourself in a puddle of your own pee!
Mia is an excellent young lady that the Hansen family spent countless efforts, time, and money to cultivate.
Can a poor relative like you even compare? "
@Kendall replied to @ILoveMia: "I haven't heard someone talk so much nonsense in such a fresh and refined way in a long time. Just keep barking. I've already had my rabies shots, so what's there for me to be afraid of a bitch like you?"
user @NineteenYearOldDuck: "I'm here every day to see if that bitch Kendall has died yet."
@Kendall replied to @NineteenYearOldDuck: "At the age when girls are all like flowers, you have grown into a cactus!"
Kendall's TikTok account was very active tonight. Since Mia was a popular celebrity, the photos of Kendall dragging and kicking her into the pool were posted online by someone with bad intentions even before the party ended.
If the Hansen family hadn't spent a lot of money to take down the photos, the incident would have made it into the top three trending searches. But even so, Mia's fans and some netizens found out that Kendall had bullied Mia.
Countless fans were cursing at her on her account.
As soon as Kendall went online, Mia's fans immediately noticed. And then... what did they see?
They thought Kendall would just accept the criticism and let them mock her like before, but she actually started to fight back?
(End of Chapter)