Seeing Effie's confusion, the director asked her directly, “What's going on here? Don't you know the difference between a real knife and a prop? Are you involved in this?"

Effie shook her head. “I had nothing to do with it.”

The director took a deep breath. “Let's leave this to the police,” he said, his anger shifting to worry. “Effie, if you're involved, you know how serious this is."

The shoot had just begun and it was already a complete mess.

Effie stood firm. "I swear I'm not involved."

The director glanced at her and replied, "We should wait for the police to arrive.”

He called the police.

When the police arrived and heard what had happened, they took both the props manager and Effie into custody.

Meanwhile, someone had already posted about the incident online, and it blew up in no time.

The top trending topic was: “Prop Mishap on Set Sends Tess to the Hospital, Fighting for Her Life! Effie and Props Manager Taken in by Police!"

As soon as the headline hit, the internet blew up with outrage. Tess‘ fans and random users flooded the comments section with angry reactions.

"Prop mishap? More Like sabotage!"

"This is insane, someone could have died! Whoever did this needs to pay for it."

"I'm pretty sure Effie did this on purpose. Everyone knows she and Tess never got along. She probably used this as a chance to hurt Tess."

“People like that should be kicked out of the industry! We need justice for Tess!"

In less than an hour, the story racked up millions of views, and it seemed like everyone was demanding Effie be blacklisted from the entertainment world.

Tess' agent, hearing about the chaos, hurried to the set. She approached the director, saying, "Tess was fine when she got here but now she's in the hospital because of this mess. You need to explain how this happened-it looks like someone tried to kill her!"

The director, clearly stressed out by the day's events, rubbed his temples and replied, “Effie's already in police custody. I really don't know the full story yet. We need to wait for more information.”

Tess' agent wasn't holding back. “Director, are you giving Effie special treatment because of her wealthy family? She's one of the Harrises, isn't she?"

The director shot the agent a stern look, his irritation evident. "I don't do that kind of thing!"

The agent didn't let up. “Obviously, Effie has attempted murder. If you don't deal with this right, I'm not letting it go. Everyone knows something's up!"

After dropping those words, the agent stormed out, leaving the director fuming and ruffled.

In the offices of the Dillon Group, Onyx was in a big meeting that could shape the company's future when his phone rang. But he didn't notice it since he had told everyone, including himself, to silence their phones to avoid interruptions.

About half an hour later, Marlene rushed into the meeting room, her voice filled with urgency. "Dad..."