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Masked Flight Ep
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00:01My boyfriend disappeared on the plane. I flagged down a flight attendant. She looked at me like
00:07I was crazy. She said I boarded alone. I asked the people around me. Every single one of them
00:13said the same thing. They never saw a man sitting next to me. But that was impossible. We got on
00:19that plane together. We just had a French kiss. His teeth marks are still on my lips. How does
00:25a grown man vanish at 30,000 feet? I demanded they search the plane. The overhead bins.
00:31The galley. Even the cockpit. I made such a scene. The plane had to make an emergency landing
00:37at the nearest airport. Airport police came on board. They searched everything. Top to
00:43bottom. They found nothing. No boyfriend. No record that he had ever been on that flight.
00:49Then they called my parents. You have never had a boyfriend.
00:55In the end, they locked me in a psych ward. And I died in there. Beaten to death by another
01:00patient. Then I opened my eyes again. And I was right back at the day. I was bringing
01:08my boyfriend home. Boarding started. Come on.
01:11Lifted the two boarding passes in his hand and smiled at me. That smile. Soft. Warm. So real.
01:18My whole body went cold. I knew it right away. I was reborn. I'm 27. Maxwell and I had been
01:27together for three years. This trip was supposed to be a big step. A Christmas visit. Meet my
01:33parents. I never knew this choice would get him erased. And get me killed. Even now, thinking
01:39back on what happened the last time, my head was still spinning.
01:44Amelia, what's wrong? You look really pale. Are you sick?
01:49Maxwell looked at me with that same worried face. He always had when it came to me. And
01:54it hit me hard. For three years, he had been good to me. And not once did he snap at
02:00me.
02:00When he disappeared the first time, I lost my mind trying to find him. I still don't know
02:06what really happened back then. But this time, I was not walking into that nightmare again.
02:11Can we not fly? Can we change our tickets to trains? Or can we not go back at all?
02:19Babe, what are you talking about? It's Christmas travel. Everything's booked.
02:27We fought for these tickets for three days.
02:30But the second I thought about last time, about how getting on this plane ended with him missing
02:36and me dead. My chest tightened. My mind started racing. What do I do? Is there really no other
02:42way? Then it hit me. The reason they threw me in that psych ward last time was simple.
02:47I was the only one saying Maxwell had ever boarded that plane. So this time, all I needed was proof.
02:53Real proof. I took out my phone on the spot. While we walked through the gate, I hooked my arm
02:59through
03:00his. And started taking pictures like crazy. At the gate. On the jet bridge. In our seats. After the
03:07cabin door closed. I recorded everything. Then I posted a full photo dump to my Instagram.
03:14Caption. On the plane. Bringing my boyfriend home.
03:19But I needed a kill shot. Me and Maxwell together. Both of us holding our boarding passes.
03:25Faces clear. Flight info visible. Then I sent it to the family group chat. Mom. Dad. Maxwell and I
03:34are on the plane. We land in three hours. My mom replied in seconds. Can't wait to meet our future
03:39son-in-law. Your dad and I already bought groceries. Steak is in the oven. Hurry home. My mom's text.
03:46Dozens of comments. I finally let out a breath. Proof. Hard. Digital proof. No one could say I didn't have
03:53a
03:53boyfriend. Right? The plane took off. The flight attendant announced flight mode. She started the
03:59drink service. Her name tag read Jenna Lane. Just like last time. A bit of turbulence. A passenger
04:06bumped her arm. Orange juice splashed right onto my coat. Oh my gosh. I am so sorry. She grabbed for
04:13napkins. But Maxwell moved first. He grabbed a few tissues and gently wiped the juice off me.
04:20It's okay. I got it. I'll clean up my girl. Thanks. Your boyfriend is really sweet. I stared at her.
04:28Last time, she said the exact same thing. She looked right at him. She complimented him herself.
04:35But after Maxwell vanished, when I asked if she had seen my boyfriend, she just looked completely
04:41bewildered before she could ever change her story again. Can you do me a huge favor? Sure. What is it?
04:52This is the first time I'm bringing my boyfriend home to meet my parents. I really want to remember
04:58this trip. Can I get a photo with you and the two of us? Just as a keepsake. Of course.
05:06So the three of us took a picture together. Me. Maxwell. And Jenna. I saved it right away. Then I
05:13turned toward the old man. He looked about 70. His name was Walter Reeves. When he tried to lift his
05:20suitcase into the overhead bin, he nearly fell backward. Maxwell caught him just in time. The
05:25man thanked him over and over. That's why, in my last life, he was the first passenger. He told me,
05:31that the seat next to me had been empty the whole time. That no one had ever sat there.
05:36So this time, I made sure he saw Maxwell.
05:38Sir, hi.
05:39What's up?
05:40What do you think of my boyfriend? My parents haven't met him yet. I'm kind of freaking out.
05:44He's a handsome young man. You two look great together. Your parents are gonna love him.
05:49My mind was already racing again. Walter's reaction was natural. Jenna's was too. Their tone.
05:55Their faces. Everything. No sign they were pretending.
05:58So what the hell was the problem? Why did they clearly see Maxwell now? But last time swear
06:03they never saw him at all? I needed to make Maxwell's presence impossible to erase. So
06:08I grabbed his hand and pulled him up from his seat. Then I turned to the whole cabin and raised
06:12my voice.
06:15Sorry, everyone. Can I steal like 10 seconds?
06:18I took a breath and kept going.
06:20Today's a huge day for me. I'm bringing my boyfriend home to meet my parents for the first
06:25time. We've been together for three years. And if all goes well, we're getting engaged
06:32next. We're all sharing this flight today. I know that sounds cheesy, but it feels kind
06:38of special. So if you've got a little love to spare, can we get some good luck?
06:45Congratulations.
06:45You two are adorable. Wishing you happiness.
06:50Surrounded by blessings, Maxwell smiled. A real, bright, shy smile. He thanked people one by one,
06:57then quickly pulled me back down into my seat.
07:00Amelia, what is going on with you today? Putting us on the spot like this? You've got the whole
07:06plane involved. I'm embarrassed as hell.
07:09I'm just scared of losing you.
07:11Now the whole plane had seen us. Every single person here was a witness. Nothing can go wrong
07:17now. When I said that, Maxwell reached over and gently brushed my hair back.
07:22You are good. I love you. Why would I ever leave you? You're freaking out because you're
07:29about to bring me home?
07:30He gently kissed my lips. Suddenly, the whole plane jolted.
07:35Ladies and gentlemen, we are experiencing some turbulence.
07:39It's happening again.
07:40Please fasten your seatbelt, hold onto the armrest, and remain seated.
07:46Then the turbulence got worse. The lights overhead flickered.
07:51Then everything went black. Just for a moment. Two seconds later, the lights came back on.
07:58The plane steadied. My heart was still pounding.
08:01My first instinct was to grab Maxwell's arm. So I reached for him. And touched nothing.
08:08I turned my head so fast it hurt. His seat was empty. Maxwell was gone.
08:20He had been holding my hand. He was right there. So how could he disappear in the time it takes
08:26to
08:26blink? Panic hit me all at once. I ripped off my seatbelt and jumped up.
08:31I looked everywhere. The seat. The aisle. The restroom. Under the seats. Nothing. Everywhere.
08:39Maxwell was gone again.
08:43Flight attendant. Flight attendant!
08:48What's wrong?
08:49I pointed at Maxwell's seat.
08:51My boyfriend is gone! He was right here during the turbulence. The lights went out and then
08:56he was just... gone!
08:59Ma'am?
09:01Are you sure you're not mistaken?
09:03We only saw you bored alone. There was no your boyfriend.
09:08How can you say that?
09:10I yanked out my phone and opened my photos.
09:12The photo was gone.
09:14Every photo.
09:15Every text.
09:17Wiped clean.
09:18Like some invisible hand had gone through my life and deleted him.
09:22What the hell was happening?
09:26Ma'am, I don't know what photo you're talking about, but I have not seen your boyfriend.
09:31We are still in flight. You need to sit down and fasten your seatbelt now.
09:38Sir, you saw him.
09:40Right?
09:41You looked right at my boyfriend.
09:43You said he was handsome.
09:45You said my parents were gonna love him.
09:47Walter looked up at me, stunned.
09:49Then his face twisted in pure confusion.
09:51Miss, what are you talking about?
09:55When did I say that?
09:57I've never seen your boyfriend.
09:59From the moment we boarded, you've been sitting here alone.
10:02That seat next to you has been empty the whole time.
10:04No one's been in it.
10:05His tone was steady, natural.
10:07Like he was telling the plain truth.
10:09But the more normal he sounded, the more wrong I felt.
10:12That's impossible.
10:13You said it. You said it to my face.
10:15My boyfriend has been with me this whole time.
10:18There is no way you didn't see...
10:19The second I said that, people all over the cabin started staring at me.
10:23I looked around at all of them.
10:24All those eyes.
10:25All that doubt.
10:26And I couldn't understand it.
10:28You were all just clapping for us.
10:30You congratulated us.
10:32You said we looked great together.
10:34You told us to get married and last forever.
10:37You seriously don't remember that?
10:40Clapping? No.
10:41The cabin's been quiet this whole time.
10:43No one said any of that.
10:45Sweetheart, you don't look well.
10:46Why don't you sit down and rest?
10:48They kept talking over each other.
10:50Low voices.
10:51Easy faces.
10:52Open eyes.
10:53Like the whole thing had never happened.
10:56But how was any of this possible?
10:58I remembered every second.
11:00Every face.
11:01Every word.
11:02I'm not crazy.
11:03But how did a man disappear from a pressurized cabin at 30,000 feet?
11:07Why was everyone suddenly telling the exact same story?
11:10Why were all the photos on my phone gone?
11:12Maxwell!
11:14Where are you?
11:15I was one step away from falling apart.
11:17Jenna and the other flight attendants kept trying to calm me down.
11:21Ma'am, your behavior is disturbing the other passengers.
11:23You need to return to your seat right now.
11:26Forced to land at the news airport.
11:28The second the cabin door opened, airport police came on board.
11:32Jenna rushed over first.
11:33She pointed straight at me and spoke to the police in charge.
11:36A stocky guy named Sergeant Wade Brooks.
11:39That's her.
11:39She boarded alone, but she keeps insisting her boyfriend disappeared on the plane.
11:44She ignored instructions, caused a scene a scene, and disrupted the whole cabin.
11:49Honestly, she may need a psych eval.
11:51She reached toward me like she was about to grab my arm.
11:54I jerked back.
11:55I was not going back to a psych ward.
11:58Not again.
11:58So I forced myself to steady my breathing and speak as calmly as I could.
12:02Sir, I'm not causing trouble.
12:04I'm trying to find my boyfriend.
12:06His name is Maxwell Crawford.
12:07He got on this plane with me.
12:09Now he's gone.
12:11He has to still be on this plane.
12:14Please, help me find him.
12:16Maybe I sounded too desperate to ignore.
12:19My begging did work.
12:20Either way, Sergeant Brooks finally agreed to search the aircraft.
12:23He checked the cabin, the lavatories, the galley, the overhead bins.
12:28Every space big enough to hide a person.
12:30Then every space that wasn't.
12:32But in the end, he found nothing.
12:34No Maxwell.
12:35Sergeant Brooks looked me over with a hard, careful stare.
12:39We searched the aircraft top to bottom.
12:42There is no sign of the man you're describing.
12:44A grown adult does not just disappear midair.
12:48So I'm going to ask you again.
12:49Are you absolutely sure he boarded with you?
12:52Yes.
12:55I'm sure.
13:06I took photos of us from the gate all the way onto the plane.
13:09I posted them.
13:10I also sent pictures to my family group chat.
13:13The posts and the photos are gone now.
13:15I know that sounds insane, but my parents saw them.
13:18My friends saw them too.
13:19Seeing how sincere I was, he immediately called my parents.
13:23Then he asked my mom if she had seen the picture I sent to the family chat.
13:27What picture?
13:29I didn't get any picture.
13:31My daughter is single.
13:32She doesn't have a boyfriend.
13:34She's never had one.
13:36It felt like something exploded inside my head.
13:38Why was mom doing the exact same thing she did last time?
13:42Why was she denying him again?
13:44Around me, the passengers started muttering.
13:47Then muttering turned into complaints.
13:49Clearly, there's something wrong with her head.
13:52She imagined a boyfriend that doesn't even exist.
13:56And she made a huge scene on the plane.
13:58Sergeant Brooks rubbed his temple like he was already done with me.
14:01Then he shook his head.
14:03Take her in for a psychiatric evaluation.
14:04The second he said it, two officers stepped forward.
14:08One on each side.
14:09They grabbed my arms and started dragging me toward the exit.
14:12And just like that, I dropped into pure despair.
14:14Was I losing my mind?
14:16Had I imagined all of it?
14:18Was Maxwell not real?
14:20Right when the doubt started eating through me.
14:22Miss, when are we taking off again?
14:23I'm a surgeon.
14:25I have an emergency operation waiting for me in another state.
14:28I can't afford this delay.
14:29What did you just say?
14:31You're a doctor?
14:33Yes.
14:33What happened?
14:37I know where my boyfriend is!
14:39In that moment, my brain finally stopped spinning.
14:42Everything snapped into focus.
14:44The truth had been right in front of me the whole time.
14:47And somehow, it was even crueler than I'd imagined.
14:50Sergeant Brooks looked at me with piercing eyes.
14:52What is it?
14:53Where's your boyfriend?
14:54I looked him straight.
14:55He's still on the plane.
14:56Amelia, enough!
14:58My team searched this aircraft inside and out.
15:00We checked the cockpit, the storage compartments, the restrooms, and under the seats.
15:04We even opened passengers' bags.
15:06There is no sign of your boyfriend.
15:08If he were on this plane, we would have found him.
15:10The passengers immediately chimed in.
15:13Exactly!
15:13If he were really here, they would have found him by now.
15:15She's losing it again.
15:17She's just making stuff up.
15:18Her parents and friends said she doesn't even have a boyfriend.
15:21So how would he be on this plane?
15:23Come on, I need to get home for dinner.
15:25Stop wasting everyone's time and take this psycho away already.
15:29The whole cabin turned ugly.
15:31Every face pointed at me looked annoyed.
15:34Done with me.
15:35Then Jenna stepped forward.
15:36With a serious expression.
15:39Ma'am, every inch of this plane has already been checked with the police.
15:43There is no your boyfriend on board.
15:45And your family and friends confirm that you do not have a boyfriend.
15:50This flight has already been delayed for an hour because of you.
15:54You can see everyone here is in a hurry.
15:57So please, accept reality, cooperate with the police, and stop holding up this plane.
16:03Accept reality?
16:04What reality?
16:06The word where everyone denied what they had just seen?
16:09The photos that vanished for no reason?
16:11The man who disappeared into thin air right in front of me?
16:14No.
16:15That wasn't reality.
16:17Reality was this.
16:19I took the pictures.
16:20I made the post.
16:22My family replied to it.
16:24My friends did too.
16:26Maxwell and I had been together for three years.
16:29A real three years.
16:30He came to the airport with me.
16:33He boarded this plane with me.
16:35And then, right in front of my eyes, he disappeared.
16:38That was reality.
16:40Then let me tell you a story.
16:42Sergeant Brooks froze for a second.
16:44The passengers reacted exactly how you'd expect.
16:48Are you kidding me?
16:49No one has time for story hour.
16:51You can end Verzintel for right batter.
16:53Yeah, I'm not listening to some crazy girl's delusion.
16:56The Stade missile ice to missile store illusion.
16:58Lady, go get your head checked.
17:00Lady, go get your head checked.
17:02Stop dragging everyone into this mess.
17:05Sir, please just take her away.
17:08My posily spondathon.
17:11This night knew Ian Spade chant.
17:13My patient can't wait.
17:15I have surgery to get to.
17:17I looked at Walter's panicked face.
17:19And I smiled.
17:20Because now I knew exactly why he was in such a rush to leave.
17:24And there was no way I was letting him get what he wanted that easily.
17:28Just a few minutes.
17:29If I finish and you still want to send me in for a psych of Yelph,
17:32I won't fight you for a fight you.
17:34Not one word.
17:35And this has something to do with where your boyfriend is?
17:37It has everything to do with it.
17:39Listen to me.
17:40And then you'll understand everything.
17:43Next, I recounted the details of my three-year relationship with my boyfriend.
17:48For a few seconds, the whole cabin went dead quiet.
17:51She doesn't sound like she's making this up.
17:53Those details were way too specific.
17:55And the way she talks about them?
17:57That part feels real.
17:59Yeah, but if it is real, then where is he?
18:01A person can't just vanish into thin air.
18:04Exactly.
18:05We search the whole plane ourselves.
18:06I could feel them wavering.
18:08But the passengers?
18:10They still looked completely sure.
18:12I was sitting right behind her the whole time.
18:14There was nobody next to her.
18:15I don't know if she has some boyfriend in real life or not,
18:18but on this flight, she boarded alone.
18:21No one came with her.
18:22No one talked to her either.
18:24Same here.
18:25I saw her.
18:26She was by herself.
18:29Oh, please.
18:30Anyone can make up a story.
18:33Crazy people are great at that.
18:37So we all got delayed just to sit here
18:40and listen to her emotional speech?
18:42Through all of that noise, Sergeant Brooks stayed quiet.
18:45He thought for a few long seconds.
18:47Then he looked at me and spoke carefully.
18:50Amelia, your story feels sincere.
18:52But this isn't about feelings.
18:53It's about evidence.
18:55And right now, every piece of evidence says the same thing.
18:58Maxwell Crawford was never on this flight.
19:01And maybe not just this flight.
19:02Maybe not in any documented part of your life.
19:05You heard what your parents said.
19:07You heard what your friends said.
19:09They were all very clear.
19:11They say you've never had a boyfriend.
19:14And I looked into it.
19:16Your relationship with your parents seems good.
19:18Same with your friends.
19:20They don't appear to have any reason to lie to you.
19:22Yes, I'm their only daughter.
19:24Mom and dad have always treated me like I hung the moon.
19:27If I looked even a little upset, they'd panic.
19:31That's why, in my last life, I could never make sense of it.
19:35How could two people who loved me that much, who knew I was about to bring my boyfriend home,
19:40turn around and say I never had one, and now it was happening again?
19:44The exact same scene.
19:46Not just mom and dad.
19:48Even my closest friends.
19:50The same friends who had seen our photos.
19:52The same friends who had replied to my post.
19:55The same friends who had congratulated Maxwell and me.
19:59And now every last one of them was swearing up and down.
20:02That I'd been single my whole life.
20:04My parents barely knew my friends.
20:06There was no way they had all gotten together and planned this.
20:09And those friends, they weren't random people.
20:12They were my close confidants.
20:15Years and years of history.
20:17They wouldn't lie for no reason.
20:19They wouldn't all suddenly decide to turn on me.
20:22That's why, before this moment, I could not make sense of any of it.
20:26But now, now I knew.
20:29I knew all of it.
20:30Love can be faked.
20:32Love can be performed.
20:34I was the only one who fell for it.
20:36I looked at Sergeant Brooks and said it as clearly as I could.
20:40You're right.
20:41My parents didn't lie.
20:45My friends didn't either.
20:47What they said was true.
20:49His brow tightened.
20:51Then what exactly are you saying?
20:54Your parents and your friends are all saying the same thing.
20:56That you do not have a boyfriend.
20:58And everything you've been saying points the other way.
21:01That you do have one.
21:03That he boarded this plane with you.
21:05So if they're telling the truth, are you lying?
21:08I shook my head.
21:10No.
21:11Everything I said is true.
21:13Every word.
21:14The cabin exploded again.
21:17She's insane.
21:18She is really insane.
21:19She just said they're telling the truth, then said she's also telling the truth.
21:22That doesn't even make sense.
21:24Somebody has to be lying.
21:26Why are we still listening to this?
21:28She doesn't even know what she's saying.
21:30Sir, please, just take her to a psych war already.
21:33I can't do this.
21:37Even the police who had started to believe me looked disappointed now.
21:41Walter gave me a long, exhaustive look and shook his head.
21:48Miss, what you're showing right now is classic delusion, contradictory speech, confused thinking, extreme fixations.
21:57You are very sick.
21:59While there's still time, go with Sergeant Brooks and get evaluated.
22:04If you keep dragging this out, it won't help you.
22:07And it won't help the rest of us either.
22:10Walter was clearly rattled.
22:12He wanted me gone.
22:13Right now.
22:1519.
22:16Wanted me locked away before I could say one more thing.
22:19And the more desperate he looked, the funnier it became.
22:25Dr. Reeves, I said, almost smiling.
22:28I know you're in a rush.
22:29But take a breath.
22:31You said you're flying out for an emergency surgery.
22:34So tell us.
22:35What surgery?
22:37Which hospital?
22:38What's wrong with the patient?
22:40Walter froze for half a second.
22:42Like he never saw that coming.
22:44Mr. Reeves, that's personal information.
22:46If you don't want to answer, you don't have to.
22:48That snapped him right back into place.
22:52She's right.
22:54That's private.
22:55Why would I tell you anything?
22:57I looked at Jenna first.
22:59Then back at Walter.
23:01Do you not want to answer?
23:03Or you can't?
23:04His face hardened.
23:06What the hell is that supposed to mean?
23:09It's a surgery.
23:10Why would I be afraid to say it?
23:13I just don't want to waste words on someone who's obviously mad.
23:16If you have even a swear of decency left.
23:19Go get your head checked and stop messing with everyone's travel plans.
23:23The passengers piled on right behind him.
23:25Yeah, you're crazy.
23:27Why are you asking about his private?
23:31It's Christmas travel.
23:32We are just hurrying to get home.
23:34And you keep dragging this out like none of us matter.
23:37The more she talks, the worse she gets.
23:40First she caused a scene on the flight.
23:42Now the plane gets forced down and we all have to sit here and watch her go mad.
23:47Jenna looked at me, done pretending she was patient.
23:51Miss Amelia, if your parents and your friends are telling the truth, then your made-up boyfriend
23:56was never on this flight.
23:57Because of you, we've already lost enough time.
24:00If there's nothing else, we're preparing for takeoff.
24:02You should stop fighting Sergeant Brooks and let him get you to a hospital.
24:07Jenna was a true professional.
24:09Even in a moment like this, she still spoke to me in a very polite manner.
24:13But unfortunately, I could see the urgency hidden in her eyes.
24:17I looked right at her and said,
24:19Are you in a hurry for this plane to take off?
24:23Or are you just in a hurry to kill me in the psych war?
24:54I was in a hurry to kill you in the psych war?
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