Allan expected her to remain silent. He expected her to bear his shame. He expected what every woman before her had been conditioned to do: absorb the damage he inflicted, protect his reputation, and disappear.
He relied on secrecy as a shield and impunity as a birthright. He believed his betrayal would dissolve without consequences because it always had.
She delivered the opposite. Instead of vanishing, she publicized. Instead of carrying the shame he assigned to her, she returned it to its rightful owner. The behaviors he expected to remain hidden became permanently archived with receipts and witnesses.
Allan weaponized love; she weaponized visibility.
He relied on impunity; she deployed consequence.
Power shifts when silence meets the full force of exposure.