T-Vino Island….
The chaos that had ensued since the major accident had yet to die down. The media had turned into hungry wolves in the absence of any response from the most powerful family. Well, not quite.
At first, they had trodden carefully, testing the waters with cautious speculation. Even the interview that Aliya had held had only been widely shared on a few platforms, and the rest had been individuals. But after a few days of pushing boundaries—touching what could have been considered bottom lines—and receiving no repercussions, their restraint snapped.
One could also say that it was largely fuelled by Ian's old wife, Aliya. In a way, it did make sense, at least to the masses. Aliya had paraded herself as the wrong victim for a whole week, but for once, the Thornstons had turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to this. What did this mean? Many people had accepted the facts as they had been presented. Even updates from the police were ignored.
