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"Griffin Jackson of the YouTube family channel The Jackson Family has been arrested on charges of simple assault and battery."
The television droned on as Briar sat frozen on the couch, watching the headline repeat itself.
Briar Jackson, formerly Briar Williams, once believed she had the perfect life. She fell in love with her high school sweetheart, Griffin, and together they became the town's golden couple... then the internet's. Their YouTube channel began as a way to make ends meet while they pursued college-Briar studying to become a nurse, Griffin training to be a dentist.
In 2020, their channel exploded after they documented the birth of their twins, transforming their private life into a public brand. Millions watched. Millions adored them.
But perfection is easy to curate online.
Behind the cameras, nothing was what it seemed; and Griffin's arrest would be the first crack in a carefully built illusion.
This was not the end of Briar's story.
This was the beginning of something new.