Mrs Jane Hastings, aged fifty-three, felt nothing but childish envy for Ms. Julia Parkhurst. Ms. Parkhurst\u2019s cardinal sin was being pretty. Very pretty actually. She was (to hell with delicacy) a bosomy, twenty-three-year-old, who\u2019s bright smile and cheerful disposition made the acne encrusted boys of Roverbank Comprehensive grunt with longing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still professionalism had to be maintained, because today. something alarming had been brought to Hastings\u2019 attention. And when she called Ms. Parkhurst into her office, (resenting how gracefully the young woman sat down) she coughed and said \u201cJulia, we don\u2019t pry into the staff\u2019s personal lives, it\u2019s just when a sex tape is leaked to the public, you may have to resign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ms. Parkhurst raised one quizzical eyebrow and asked \u201cSex tape? News to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hastings fumbled with her phone, before finding the offending film and handing it to Parkhurst, who watched the muted video, somewhat serenely and amused. Strange because it showed her butt naked and riding a beefcake man, moaning and sweating with vigour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cInteresting,\u201d replied Parkhurst \u201csure as hell looks like me, although I\u2019d like to think I\u2019m a better actress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, do you have an explanation?\u201d Hastings inquired, knowing if this was her, she\u2019d be in tears over her dead career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEver heard of deepfakes? They\u2019ve been making the news recently. Basically, you can use an AI program to plaster your head on anybody\u2019s body and voila, you\u2019re now a porn star.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou mean?\u201d Hastings said, \u201cThis isn\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parkhurst winced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfraid not, for one thing that woman is um\u2026clearly surgically enhanced. And if you want, I\u2019ll let you test my chest for any silicon lumps, but she\u2019s also got a dragon tattoo on her stomach so\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parkhurst lifted up her yellow jumper revealing her belly to be spotless and unblemished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a fake?\u201d exclaimed Hastings<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYup,\u201d smiled Parkhurst \u201cI can only guess who made it, but I\u2019ll swear on a stack of bibles, that it isn\u2019t me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A brief silence hung for a second or two before it was interrupted by a resounding tap on the door and Mrs. Howard, deputy headmistress craned her neck into the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSorry Jane, I need to talk to you,\u201d she said before shooting a dirty glance at Ms. Parkhurst and added \u201cAlone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So Mrs. Hastings joined her in the outer office and Howard was clearly jittery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe video,\u201d Howard began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mrs Hastings held up a hand \u201cOh it\u2019s fake apparently, there\u2019s this new thing called Deepfakes, Julia may have to take some time off work until this cools down\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s more than one,\u201d Howard coughed \u201cAnd this latest video shows Julia Parkhurst with a young boy, a student at this school and\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms. Julia Parkhurst had sharper hearing than people knew, thus she could make out most of their frantic whispering. And because she was alone neither Hastings or Howard saw her smile drop and her eyes drift to the floor as if she wanted the earth to swallow her up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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