My Ex Sued Me for the Account We Built Together Chapter 06

My Ex Sued Me for the Account We Built Together Chapter 06

I spent three days coming to a clear decision. I 

wasn’t going to make any more content related to Tyler Wilson, and I wasn’t going to respond to any more drama about him. I was going to build 

something completely new, something that was 

mine. 

I chose cultural travel as my direction. In college, I 

earned my bachelor’s in Literature, then pursued a master’s in cultural heritage preservation. All 

those years of poring over academic texts in libraries and traveling for field surveys had 

become material stored in my head. 

Tyler used to think these topics were too boring and wouldn’t let me talk about them in our videos. 

Now, no one was stopping me. 

My first official video was about Mesa Verde 

National Park in Colorado. It wasn’t one of those 

typical influencer reels of people just posing at Cliff Palace. I spent two weeks contacting experts at the park and secured permission to film in 

restricted areas. 

I stood in front of Cliff Palace and spent twelve full minutes talking about the Ancestral Puebloan stone dwellings. I explained how ancient builders 

used natural sandstone and mortar to construct multi–story structures tucked into the cliff face. I talked about why the Ancestral Puebloans chose to live in such remote alcoves–for protection, for 

shelter, for reasons we’re still piecing together today. I talked about the pottery and tools they left 

behind, now scattered across museums around 

the country. 

At the end of the video, I smiled slightly at the 

camera. “Some places can only be understood when you stand right there, with your hands on the 

stone. A photo can’t give you that. But standing 

here, with the wind and the silence, you can still 

feel them.” 

Within twenty–four hours of its release, the video 

had over eight million views. Everyone who had 

been waiting for me to find a male model and 

start filming couple content to compete with Tyler 

was disappointed. 

The comment section started out full of people 

just watching for the drama. But a few hours later,” 

real discussions about the video began to show 

1. up. 

[Wow, this is so well made. I can’t believe this is 

free.] 

[I’m an archaeology major and she’s actually correct about everything. This isn’t Google research either–she really knows her stuff.] 

[Unpopular opinion but I always thought the 

person filming the old Ty&Sha videos was way more interesting than him.] 

[Facts. I found her fascinating before I even knew what she looked like.] 

[She has a master’s in literature? She was wasted on couple content. This is her thing.] 

Three days later, I posted my second video. This time I went to Oregon to film the historic covered bridges that still stand across the state. 

I explained how 19th–century craftsmen used timber truss systems to keep the bridges dry and sturdy for over a hundred years. Wind blew 

through my hair as I pointed to the wooden beams overhead. 

“Not a single piece of wood here is extra. A hundred and fifty years ago, builders used the fewest materials possible to make the strongest bridge. Making content works the same way.” 

This video was shared by several architecture professors. 

During that same week I posted my two videos, 

Tyler was desperately putting out content too. 

First, he posted a vlog called “Eating Our Way Through Austin with Riley.” The video was eight 

minutes long, and six of those minutes were just 

chewing sounds and Riley blowing kisses at the 

camera. The editing was messy, and the 

cinematography was clumsy and amateurish. The 

top comment read: [I used to watch Ty&Sha and 

think love was beautiful. Now I watch this and feel 

like I’m watching two strangers forced to share a 

table.] 

A couple of days later, he posted a “Couple 

Workout Challenge” video. In it, Tyler did push–ups. 

while Riley sat on his back and screamed. There 

was no real content–just two strangers putting on 

a cheesy public display of affection. 

A week after that, he posted a video called “Riley 

Does My Makeup.” It became the only video on the 

Ty&Sha account to ever get fewer than thirty 

thousand likes. 

Meanwhile, after my Mesa Verde and Oregon 

covered bridges videos, my new account passed 

ten million followers. Summer’s comment was 

pinned at the top: [Everyone stand up–the queen 

is back!]