Scoop
Cosmo - Stout
The Antagonist
Cosmo is a liar. A damn good one at that. His entire existence and backstory are a lie and nobody at JHB knows it.
They all think he’s English but he’s Afrikaans. Everyone thinks he’s rich, but he comes from poverty; they think he has leadership qualities but he’s just a bully.
Cosmo is a master manipulator and gets his way all the time. A seasoned conman, he has very faint moral lines and most of his relationships are transactional.
But people are drawn to him because he is both good-looking and confident.
His confidence hides a deep-seated self-loathing of course. But he’ll never let people see that.