Chapter 2 - The UV Glow TrapThough the video stream cut out, the wireless microphone clipped to Lorraineâs stolen dress remained hot.

Across eight hundred thousand mobile screens, viewers could still hear every panicked word broadcast live through the backup audio stream.
âEvan! Cut the feed! Cut it right now!â Lorraine shrieked, her voice echoing over the beach speakers.
âIt is cut, Mom!â Evan stammered, his hands trembling violently as he wiped blue dust onto his shorts. âGwen... what did you put in that safe?! What is this powder?!â
I stood tall on the warm sand, my posture calm, my voice steady as steel.
âThree weeks ago, I went to a endocrinologist after gaining forty pounds in six months despite running four miles a day,â I explained for the live audio feed and the silent crowd of relatives. âThe toxicology report found massive levels of synthetic thyroid disruptors in my system.â
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Gasps rippled through the onlookers on the beach!
âLast night, I placed a non-toxic UV dye powder onto the latch of the bedroom safe where I kept my hair care products,â I continued. âThe only reason you and your mother are glowing blue right now is because you broke into my room to steal my dress and swap my daily supplements!â
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