You remember how quickly rumors could spread in high school—and how quickly that could damage someone's reputation. All you have to do is get the right people thinking Jared isn't trustworthy. Then he can talk about the White Lady all he wants, but nobody will believe him.
After lights out, you head down to the lake for the nightly gathering of counselors and start your rumors.
"Hey, did you hear that Jared totally flaked on helping out with my cabin's swim lessons?" you ask Zoe, in tones of exaggerated surprise and worry. "He's so unreliable."
To Antonio, you ask in apparent confusion, "Jared didn't go to Australia for vacation last year, did he? Yeah, I didn't think he did. He's such a liar."
And around the campfire you go.
Every time you drop a new rumor, you're greeted with gasps of shock and outrage—and complete belief.
Even better, by the time you head back to Cabin 12, you've already seen a few people starting to spread the rumors onward.
The next morning at breakfast, hardly anyone is talking to Jared. Zoe shoots him a glare across the room, and Antonio pulls Hunter away before he can go talk to him. Jared looks completely confused—and completely alone.
Even if he does keep talking about the White Lady, nobody's going to believe a word he says.
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