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It’s been a week since that video and I’m still having nightmares.

ColoradoGrrl replied:

Tell me about it. You should have seen the cop cars flooding the neighborhood. My entire family was terrified. And since then, the media attention has been crazy. We can’t go anywhere without being mobbed by reporters, cameras in our faces.

Meow17 replied:

Yah I watched that live video like a hundred and ninety seven times. Like the way her husband just shot that guy and he died right there like WTF guys. And then Molly goes totally silent and stops doing her live videos. Like what are we supposed to do now????

FannyPackLuvr replied:

Seriously, what ARE we supposed to do now? I need my daily Molly fix then I need to come here and snark my ass off about it.

ColoradoGrrl replied:

I guarantee she’ll find some way to capitalize on all this attention. She’s a narcissist. Without the world fawning at her feet, she’ll wilt like a basket of daisies.

IhateMollySullivan4Eva replied:

You realize Molly Sullivan just went through the most traumatic experience any of us can probably imagine. Is it any wonder she wants to take a step back? Her house was broken into, her daughter threatened, her husband shot a man in front of her, then disappeared. And then all this crap from his past—her husband’s ex-girlfriend, the daughter he kidnapped, all of that. It’s insane. I think we can give her a little respectful space, right?

SierraAngel replied:

Hey @IhateMollySullivan4Eva - you might have to change your username now. :)

A statement from @InvincibleMollySullivan

It’s been two weeks since that awful night. I still don’t know how to say goodbye after five wonderful years, but I know it’s time. Thank you for the love and support. Thank you, most of all, for helping keep me and Clover safe. We wouldn’t be here without you.

There has been a great deal of speculation regarding my husband’s past, as well as his recent actions and his present location. I want to assure everyone I had no knowledge of his past prior to the night you saw on the video. I have had no contact with him since then, and I will continue cooperating with law enforcement as the investigation unfolds.

I ask for your respect as Clover and I process these difficult events and try to heal. For the first time in five years, I’m asking for privacy. All my past content will remain online, but I will no longer be posting.

Invincibles, my dear friends: thank you for being the brightest spot on the internet for the past five years.

With love,

Molly

fifty-seven

My dear,

In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.

In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile.

In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm...

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger—something better, pushing right back.

Truly yours,

Albert Camus

Liv sat on a hot metal bench on the edge of a shaded neighborhood playground, waiting. Two weeks had passed since Molly’s live video. The story had been splashed across the national news and had even received some international attention. Everyone wanted to weigh in on Molly Sullivan, the Invincible One, who had used a live video to save her family.