zara. ZARA. jay's mum just followed your finsta
like. Linda. his actual mother.
sorry WHAT
how do you even know that?
because she followed ME too and i recognised her username from when jay used to tag her in stuff. it's definitely her. LindaMcV47.
priya that account is PRIVATE. it has like 30 followers. how did she even find it?
i mean... the obvious answer is that jay showed her
why would he do that??
idk zara but you have like 40 posts on there talking about the breakup?? and that one voice note screenshot?? you need to either accept her or delete the whole thing before she sees everything
the voice note screenshot... 💀
ok do NOT accept her. i'm going to message jay right now
good luck. text me after
Zara opens a different chat. She and Jay haven't spoken in six weeks — not since the night everything fell apart. She stares at his name for a moment, then types.
hey. did you give your mum the username for my private account?
Two blue ticks appear immediately. He's online. A long pause follows — the typing indicator appears, then disappears, then appears again.
what? no. why would I do that?
because she just sent me a follow request. my account has 30 followers jay. she didn't find it by accident
I genuinely didn't give her anything. I haven't even mentioned you to her since we broke up
so she just... found a private account with a random username on her own?
ok wait. she might have gone through my phone
excuse me???
I still follow you from my main account. she could have seen that and looked you up. she's been really worried about me honestly. she thinks the breakup messed me up
okay so let me get this straight — your mum went through your phone, found my account, and then decided to follow it herself? that's... that is a lot jay. and also the stuff on that account, like, it's personal. i don't want her reading through everything i posted when i was upset. you know what's on there.
yeah. I know.
I'm sorry. I'll talk to her
talking to her doesn't un-follow me though, does it?
just don't accept the request. block it if you want. I'll handle her
what did she actually see on your phone jay? be honest
The typing indicator appears. Then stops. Then appears again. Three minutes pass.
I had your profile open. on my phone. I was just looking at it. she walked in and saw.
I didn't show it to her on purpose
why were you looking at my private account at all?
because I still follow it. from before. and I check it sometimes.
that probably sounds really bad
a little bit, yeah
did you read the post from the 14th?
yes
I read all of them
Zara puts her phone face-down on the bed. She stares at the ceiling for a while. Then she picks it back up and takes a screenshot of her follower requests page.
I'm deleting the request. and i'm making the account even more private. but jay — please sort this out with her. i don't want her thinking she can just look me up whenever she feels like it
I will. I promise.
for what it's worth — the post from the 14th. the one about missing how things used to feel.
I feel the same way.
Zara reads the message. The two blue ticks appear on Jay's side — she's read it. She doesn't reply. But she doesn't remove him as a follower either.
sooo?? what happened??
his mum found it through his phone. he was apparently... looking at my account. regularly.
oh wow. and how do you feel about that?
honestly? i don't even know. like part of me is annoyed because that account was supposed to be my space, you know? and now it feels kind of... invaded. but then he said something at the end and i... ugh. i didn't reply. i just left him on read. maybe that was wrong of me. i don't know priya. i genuinely don't know.
you didn't do anything wrong. but maybe... think about what you actually want. before you decide to block him or not.
also i can't believe his mum did that 😭 she's so extra
RIGHT 😭 like at least be sneaky about it linda
ok. i'm going to sleep. i'll think about it tomorrow
good plan 💛 night xx
Zara puts her phone on the charger. Jay's message is still sitting there, unread in her mind even if not in the app. She falls asleep with the question still open.