“I’m sorry… I have to go”.

It pains me to hear those words come out of his mouth.

“But…but why?” I ask, tears threatening to escape my eyes.

He takes my hand in his, and looks into my eyes, “It’s not safe for us to be together anymore, love. I’m not safe to be around. I don’t want you to get hurt because of me.”

“That won’t happen,” I plead, my heart breaking at the though...

7:00 PM, Home alone, and locked in my room. I open my old laptop that I found in the dumpster and fixed myself. Log in with the same username and password I’ve been sticking with for years.

Username: Urgurl_Em

Password: sadieD_123!

I log into findthem.com, a website I stummbled upon about a year ago while trying to find Sadie’s TikTok.

Once I’m on the website, I...