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NEWS BROADCAST
"Sabrina Carpenter here with the latest in music, movies, and celebrity life. This year looks like King Entertainment's year: Mirabel is making an acting comeback after three years away and is slated to walk the Louis Vuitton runway in Paris in two months. Congratulations to Mirabel — and to her partner, CEO Lucian Lorenzo, who proposed yesterday. The pair reportedly dated seven years ago and reunited recently at King Hotel. Mirabel's children — Charlie and Cherry — are now back in the spotlight; you might remember Charlie from the film Falling With You, where he briefly vanished from the public eye after a surge in fame four years ago."
[Screens flash Charlie's childhood photos across the screen.]
"Meanwhile, Tracy teased the script for her first film as writer-director, which enters production this year with release expected next year — rumors even suggest Mirabel might cameo. Tracy is also being tipped as a possible Louis Vuitton ambassador. Mike King says he'll be concentrating on the hotel business this year, while King Entertainment is planning multiple comebacks and new debuts — soloists, groups, and a fresh slate of actors and actresses. That's your roundup — I'm Sabrina Carpenter. See you next time."
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MINA POV
Mina watched the segment with mounting fury. None of it mentioned the video — none of the outrage she'd expected had stuck. Instead the feeds were flooded with #marriage, #pinkhair, #MirabelComeback, #LouisVuitton, #Charlie, #TracyDirects, and a dozen other tags that shoved Mina out of the story. Angelica's face flared beside her. "How is this even happening? People aren't talking about the video — they're obsessed with wedding bells and runway rumors!"
Mina scoffed and rolled her eyes as the live feed scrolled tags: #gettingproposed, #Cherry, #mysteriousCharlie, #comeback, #newmovies… Her anger curdled into a cold, hard edge. Rose and Bella appeared at the doorway with packed bags. "Where are you going?" Mina snapped.
"Honestly? I'm done with this," Rose said. "Mirabel dumped Dave for you? Fine — I'll make him mine." Bella shrugged and left.
Mina watched them go, irritation twisting into calculation. There's one thing left to do, she thought, and smiled without warmth. She said the words aloud, low and vicious: "To kill Mirabel."
Not yet frantic, not yet reckless — Mina's expression hardened. She didn't need a spectacle now; she needed results. If the public wouldn't bite on scandal, she would make a plan that would break Mirabel into pieces — reputation, safety, everything. She would be patient. She would be precise.
She picked up her phone and typed a single line: It's not over. Meet me tonight. Then she set the phone face-down and began to map the first steps of her revenge — quietly, carefully, mercilessly.
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