I don't understand why MCs feel compulsive need to protect the thots scheming against them by saying useless things like "I can't tell them that," or "they wouldn't believe me," or "I can't cause trouble I'm only the side character." At a certain point you're responsible for what happens to you if you allow yourself to be a doormat instead of bringing her to justice and preventing her from doing these things to others. She's very reactive. It's like her definition of success is to take -2 damage instead of -20 damage every time Shannon launches a new scheme to hurt her. Like sure, yay, she didn't die from cocaine because she knew about it, but if she doesn't take these golden holy gift opportunities to tear down her reputation piece by piece, she's always going to be the victim