"May I borrow the perfume box, Miss Taylor? I want to take a short video of it and then post it on TikTok," Jaycee asked.

Jaycee was a TikTok celebrity, a short-form video platform, with tens of thousands of followers. She often shared selfie videos.

"Of course," Bessie replied. She thought it was just a box; no big deal.

"Thank you, Miss Taylor," Jaycee said gratefully, taking the box.

After leaving the luxury store, the girls shopped for over an hour, returning to their dormitory exhausted. Bessie drove them back and then went home.

Back in the dormitory, Jaycee immediately began talking about Trevor. "Wow, I did" she exclaimed, launching into an exaggerated account of Trevor winning the lottery and spending all his winnings on perfume.

To maintain her carefully cultivated wholesome online persona, Jaycee avoided belittling Trevor, but she spun the story with many twists and turns. She then added special effects to make the video more attractive.

Moments after posting the video on TikTok, comments began flooding in. Jaycee also told her classmates to watch it.

Meanwhile, Trevor returned to his dormitory and saw his roommate, Rob, intently watching something on his phone. Curious, Trevor looked over Rob's shoulder.