It was a video Linda posted. In the clip, she was dressed in tattered clothes, looking pitiful.
Odd, since she'd been wearing a fancy fur coat when she left our place.
"My nephew and my husband had a fight, and that brat went and cut his hair during the New Year! Everyone knows starting the year with drastic changes brings bad luck to your uncle! My husband died the day after he did it!"
The internet was divided.
Some called it out as outdated superstition, saying this whole hair-cutting curse was nonsense.
Others sided with the grieving, pregnant widow, lashing out at us for not supporting her.
[Everybody knows utterly changing your look in New Year is a jinx! This is a long-standing tradition! And yet here comes some disrespectful kid messing with fate. What a tragedy!]
[Look how shabby her clothes are; clearly, she's being mistreated by her in-laws. I support her! The family should pay up!]
[How are people supposed to enjoy the holidays like this? Pay her off already! You can't just kill someone and walk away! Actions have consequences!]
Seeing public opinion shift in her favor, I knew Linda was playing her cards.
She was trying to use the media to corner us into signing a custody deal.