Catfish Page #3

There it is. Here it is.

Hello?

Hi.

Hi, Nev.

Abby.

Hey, how are you?

Good.

Happy birthday.

l got a Katie doll

for my birthday.

What? L can't

hear you so good.

So what are you doing?

You having a big sleepover?

What did you say?

She has people here, so...

lt's Angela. L'm sorry, bad time to call.

But l didn't want to have her

put you up too much longer.

ls there a time that

we can call back later?

l'm just saying... Moving

forward. L'm just keeping a record.

Fine. Moving forward.

lt takes two seconds.

l'm a little more involved with

this than l'd like to be now.

And it's, like, becoming kind of a

chore, so just let me do my thing.

No, it's not. Yeah,

except it's not your life.

Yeah, that's why it gets a little

frustrating, when l have to go back...

l'm just saying. L'm sorry, l

guess l was a little pissy, but...

Try to be a little more

understanding to the fact that

You can stop, Nev.

So stop right now.

Just stop.

Yeah, so what are you

giving me? Basic laziness?

l'm directing you

in a film.

All l'm saying is,

please appreciate that.

You signed up for a film

that is 24 hours a day.

l don't know. What's the next

move? Does anyone have any idea?

Yeah.

What?

l think we finish up with

Vail, then we drive to Michigan.

Okay.

And we just find out.

We just go to their house,

and just say, "Hi. Who's

real in this situation?

"l want to meet Abby."

l've chatted on the lnternet

with a couple of people.

l know my friend, she actually

just met a guy the other day

off the lnternet and

he was a total weirdo.

They met up and, like,

he was just like...

l guess the pictures

that they were sending

each other were from,

like, three years ago.

So he didn't

even look the same,

and he was just, like,

piercings everywhere.

Like, the whole nine yards.

She was like, "Oh, my gosh."

Yeah, we're closing in

on the state of Michigan.

Bye.

Bye.

Megan is at

her house in Gladstone.

Apparently one of her horses,

which l knew, is in labor.

One of the horses that lives at the

farm. So, she's got to stay there.

But every Sunday

is family breakfast

at Angela's house.

l forgot about that.

What time is

family breakfast?

She said around 8:00.

What?

On Sunday?

l know.

lsn't that

the day of rest?

l think we should just get up

really early, go by the farm,

and, depending on

what happens,

then drive up to

lshpeming and crash

family breakfast. Bring

some OJ and just show up.

Wow,

we're three miles...

We're three miles from

a turn that would then take us

another few miles

to Megan's farm.

l'd just like

to do a drive-by.

Yeah, l think we should

totally cruise by.

l mean, we're here. L don't

want to just get here and go to sleep.

Let's kick some dust up.

Yeah.

2.9 miles.

So that's her, right?

Yeah.

That means we just take a really

quick left and we're there.

l feel like we're about

to get our SAT scores back.

Here we are.

Megan's street.

This is it, huh?

You gonna

turn off the light?

No,

we're not there yet.

What's the name

of the street?

l think it's 21st...

lt's right here.

l have no idea.

l think it's this.

There's something.

This could be it.

This is it. L think this is

it. This is it, this is it.

What do you mean,

she said there was a light?

She said that because one of

the horses was giving birth.

Just pull up. L'm not afraid. What?

You want to drive into

the driveway? Yeah.

There's a mailbox.

Pull up to the mailbox,

so l can get it

from my window.

Please, please, please.

Yes! Yes! The postcards

are here! Oh, my God.

"Return to this address

for proper disposition."

Pull into the driveway.

Back up, go into the driveway.

lt shouldn't

give you the creeps.

We're in, like, a beautiful

part of the country,

a horse farm. No, no,

no. Pull in forward.

What?

What, are you crazy, Henry?

What do you mean?

Drive into the driveway.

What do you mean? Don't

back into the driveway.

Don't back into it.

Why not?

Because then we can't see

what's in front of us.

Okay.

lt's definitely

a horse farm.

Okay.

Keep going. Keep going.

Do we want to... You can

pull out on the other side.

l'm gonna drive through. Yeah.

This all looks familiar.

Probably just

from the photos.

Stop, stop, stop.

We can't get out that way.

Just turn around.

lt's all right.

That's an empty...

Let me just go in, let me

just go look in the window

and make sure there are no horses

there. Come on out. Let's go.

Yeah, it's empty.

No horses.

You can't see anything.

Okay, so we know that

Megan doesn't live here.

What surprises me the most

is that to go to the trouble to

lie as elaborately as they have,

for her to not just drive here and pick

up the mail seems crazy, doesn't it?

Like, we just drove 400 miles

and picked up the mail.

All she had to

do was drive 50.

How could she be so lazy?

Didn't you...

l mean,

so lazy they fooled you

for eight months.

That's pretty good.

They didn't fool me,

they just told me things

l never cared to question.

Right.

That's not fooling.

That's not like...

l mean...

l just can't believe l talked to

this person and told her things

and had real

conversations with her

about life and,

you know, feelings.

There were moments where

l really felt genuine...

Like l really cared

about this girl.

Now l don't know

even what to feel.

Should l read you

the juicy stuff

from our text conversation, now

that we're about to meet her?

l think it's time, right?

Yeah.

You got the battery for it?

Absolutely.

ls the light okay?

ls it a good shot?

Yeah.

You're retainer is in.

l gotta scroll way up.

Okay. July 3rd, 4:33 p. M.

Megan,

"l will do that.

Abby's so excited today.

"l'm at the home now,

baking pies.

"They'll be over here later.

"l wish you were here,

l hope your day is beautiful."

Me, "Save a pie for me."

The next day.

"Hey, babe, l couldn't understand a

word you said on the VM you just left me.

"l just kicked

everyone out and now

"l'm in the bathtub,

thinking of you."

"Funny, l was thinking about

you in the shower earlier."

Megan, "Mmm, l'd love

to hear about that.

"By the way, l will always

have a pie for you, babe."

Me, "Cherry?"

Space, space, space, space.

"l can't believe l just

wrote that, sorry. L had to."

Megan, "Cherry. My body is

craving your touch tonight."

Me, "What exactly would

you do if you had me there?"

Megan, "l'd have you in the

tub with me, between my legs.

"l'd kiss you on the neck

and whisper in your ear,

"begging you to

make love to me."

Me,

"Begging isn't something

you would need to do.

"ln fact, l'm willing

to bet that, if anything,

"you might have to

beg me to stop."

Megan,

"l'd take you to my room and dry

you off, touching every inch of you,

"kissing your long..." Wait,

sorry. "Kissing you long and hard,

"to take your breath away."

Nev.

l can't believe l wrote this. "l can't

wait to fill my fingers with your hair,

"and turn your back to me,

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