Lady in RED || Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce

So Long Clown Snake

A/N - Skip to the next chapter.... if you wanted to bypass Pia!

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Taylor made them breakfast, knowing they needed to head to New York later for a wedding the following night. Tree had also suggested a strategic "pap walk" to help clear the air and show Travis firsthand how a real PR team manages online rumors.

As they sat in the breakfast nook Taylor watched Travis quietly, feeling the immensity of what they were about to confront. She picked up the file, her fingers brushing over the edge. "Maybe you should read this alone," she suggested, her voice calm but firm.

Travis shook his head, his gaze steady on her. "I want you here with me," he replied. "I need your advice on what to do."

He opened the file and began to read, his brow furrowing slightly as he took in the details. Taylor sipped her tea slowly, watching him carefully, trying to read the small changes in his expression as he absorbed the shocking information.

The moments stretched between them. Travis's face shifted from confusion to anger, then to disbelief as he turned page after page. Taylor could feel his tension building, his jaw clenching slightly as he continued reading. She set down her cup, waiting, knowing he needed time to process everything.

Pia had woven an intricate web of deception to stay at the center of Travis's world, deploying one of her boldest strategies: convincing her friends and even some in the industry that Travis was romantically interested in her. She cast herself as the object of his supposed affections, suggesting he'd been subtly pursuing her for years.

Her lies became so rehearsed that even Pia started to believe them. She'd drop suggestive hints at Chiefs events, acting overly familiar with Travis in front of the team, leaning in too close during conversations, or letting her hand linger on his arm for just a moment too long. She wanted to create an illusion of intimacy, hoping people would start to see her as an essential part of his life, both professionally and personally.

Pia's interference in Travis's life had actually begun much earlier, during his first breakup with Kayla. She saw it as her golden opportunity to insert herself into his story, to keep him "relevant" by casting him as a public figure shrouded in drama and intrigue. As soon as Travis and Kayla first split, Pia sprang into action. She reached out to gossip bloggers and reporters, dropping hints that Travis was "cheap" and "difficult" with money, knowing the public would latch onto a scandal. She carefully crafted these narratives, always vague but suggestive, making sure to hint there was more to the story, something darker lurking beneath the surface.

To bolster her fabricated stories, Pia took to creating multiple fake social media accounts across various platforms. Each account was carefully crafted to look like a genuine fan or a supposed insider with just enough credibility to spread rumors, stir controversy, and plant seeds of doubt about Travis's character. But Pia's deceit didn't stop there. She kept several burner phones, which she used to leak stories to select media contacts and gossip columnists anonymously. More recently getting into dropping blind items to creators on Tiktok. With these phones, she could communicate without fear of being traced, regularly feeding them with fabricated stories or juicy tidbits whenever there was a lull in the media's attention on Travis. She even hinted she had more explosive information to offer, keeping the press hooked and ensuring his name remained in the headlines.

Pia's manipulation didn't stop with just Travis. When Taylor entered the picture, Pia saw her as both a threat and an opportunity. She quickly realized that Taylor and Travis together generated far more media attention than she could fathom. At first, she played along, pretending to support the relationship, but her true motives quickly surfaced. When these tactics didn't generate the attention or success she craved, Pia took things a step further. She began embezzling money from Travis's nonprofit, disguised as expenses for "community outreach" and "PR work." Her own reputation had taken a hit after a controversial clown Instagram post, and she needed another way to assert her worth.