My Ex Stole My Code

At the grand gala of the International Academic Summit.

I was sitting in the audience, scrolling through my phone, when I saw Serena Vance going absolutely wild in our lab’s WhatsApp group chat.

"Some people have zero moral boundaries. Imagine sleeping with someone else's boyfriend just to steal his data and publish papers!"

A wave of disgust washed over me.

As someone who had been fast-tracked into the PhD program right out of my undergrad, academic dishonesty was my ultimate red line.