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Jeffree was watching his dogs play in the yard while he absentmindedly ate Funfetti frosting, straight from the container, with a gold-plated spoon.
Jeffree’s phone buzzed - it was a text from his publicist, who did what he could to salvage Jeffree’s image whenever something controversial happened. That meant he had to proactively look out for controversies in the general YouTube world as well.
-Shane Dawson's been killed.
Jeffree could hardly dare to believe this. Shane was certainly controversial, but he didn’t think it would ever go this far.
Jeffree and Shane had been chummy for a few years...they had made some high-quality content together, but since then, Jeffree had learned of Shane’s scummy past, and eventually stopped talking to him. The truth couldn’t be denied - Shane had, on many occasions, filmed himself saying and doing bad stuff to preteen girls, and had even admitted to at least one instance of animal abuse. Shane had taken a long break from the internet, but he had still insisted on coming back, against most people’s advice - someone must have really wanted to stop him from doing so. Jeffree’s mind raced as he tried to think of who could have killed Shane. Certainly not Trisha - she didn’t seem like the murderous type. Could it have been one of those drama YouTube channels, trying to stir up even more drama?
Jeffree got more news later in the day.
--It appears that Shane had his hands duct taped together behind his back and was shot in the chest. And at some point, he was hit over the head with a Conspiracy eyeshadow palette. There were bits of eyeshadow in his hair. Nothing was stolen - this was definitely something personal against Shane.
--My goodness. I know people hate Shane, but this sounds weird.
--Yep. Sure does.
--Are they investigating Ryland? The spouse is always a prime suspect in murder cases. I always thought something seemed fishy about him.
--I don’t know. I assume they are.
Jeffree started to cry - he couldn’t help it. As much as he hated Shane now, Shane had been really nice to him in the past. Their collaboration had been a big boost to Jeffree’s channel and name recognition. And Shane still had to have so many fans who would be devastated.
Jeffree put the frosting down on the kitchen counter and went outside to get the dogs to lick his tears away.