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Find Him Or Die Trying
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00:05don't be afraid you'll be cured soon i swear
00:11selena what are you zoning out for it's time to board let's go check in
00:16my boyfriend dylan miller waved our two boarding passes at me with a warm smile
00:22looking at his gentle face my whole body trembled as i realized i had been given a second chance
00:27i am 27 dylan and i had been together for three years i decided to take him home to ohio
00:34for
00:34christmas to meet my parents but i never expected that decision would make him disappear and cost
00:40me my life thinking back to my past life i was still completely confused i couldn't figure out
00:48how a living breathing person like dylan could just vanish from a plane mid-flight why did the
00:54flight attendants and passengers who clearly saw us board together all insist they had never
00:59seen dylan before why did my parents who knew i had been dating dylan for three years
01:05say i never had a boyfriend selena you look terrible are you feeling okay
01:12dylan looked at me with concern my heart ached three years together and he had always been good
01:18to me he knew i had a bad stomach so he someone who had never cooked before specifically learned
01:26how to make me breakfast lunch and dinner every single day without fail a thousand days and nights
01:33and he never once raised his voice at me so in my past life when he vanished i was desperate
01:39to find
01:40him even now i still don't understand what really happened back then but this time around i was not
01:46about to make the same mistakes i looked at dylan a little shaken maybe we shouldn't take this flight
01:54we could change our tickets or take amtrak instead dylan paused then smiled indulgently
02:02what are you talking about it's christmas break there are no tickets left we spent three days grabbing
02:09these seats if we cancel we won't make it home he was right changing plans wasn't realistic
02:16but thinking about how dylan and i ended up dead and missing because of this flight in my past life
02:21made a heart race what was i supposed to do was there really no other way no in my past
02:28life i got
02:29sent to a psychiatric hospital because no one could prove dylan had ever been on that plane
02:33so this time all i had to do was leave proof that he boarded with me i pulled out my
02:40phone hooked my
02:41arm through dylan's as we checked in and started taking pictures like crazy from check into boarding
02:48to sitting down in our seats to the cabin door closing i documented everything then i posted a set
02:54of nine photos on instagram boarded the plane bringing my boyfriend home for christmas the post
03:02immediately got a flood of likes and comments so sweet wishing you two all the best wow finally
03:10meeting the parents congrats safe travels can't wait to hear about the engagement to be extra safe i took a
03:19picture with dylan holding our boarding passes and sent it to our family group chat mom dad dylan
03:26and i are on the plane we'll be on the ground in three hours my mom replied instantly finally getting
03:34to
03:34meet our future son law your father and i already bought groceries can't wait to see you both
03:43your father and i already bought groceries can't wait to see you both
03:49after takeoff the flight attendants asked everyone to switch their phones to airplane
03:54then they started handing out drinks when they got to my row flight attendant race just like in my past
04:01life got bumped by another passenger and accidentally spilled some orange juice on me oh my gosh i'm so
04:08sorry grace was apologizing profusely and reaching for napkins to clean me up but dylan beat her to it
04:15gently dabbing at my shirt it's okay i've got my girlfriend grace thanked him politely and gave me
04:23an envious smile your boyfriend is so sweet i locked my eyes on grace in my past life she had
04:30also
04:30complimented my boyfriend but when dylan disappeared and i asked if she'd seen him she just looked
04:36confused and said ma'am you must be mistaken i only saw you bored alone
04:46ma'am you must be mistaken i only saw you bored alone
04:52to make sure grace didn't change her story again i grabbed her hand and smiled would you mind doing
04:57me a favor grace looked at me puzzled what hope i pulled out my phone and spoke seriously today's
05:06the day i'm bringing my boyfriend home to meet my parents for the first time i really want to
05:09document this trip would you take a picture with us kind of like a keepsake of course grace nodded without
05:15hesitation dylan grace and i took a photo together i saved it carefully then turned to look at an
05:23elderly man named walter kim in the aisle seat he was nearly 70. his seat was closest to ours
05:31in my past life he almost fell while struggling with his luggage and dylan had caught him and helped
05:38stow his bag thank you the man so much repeatedly so when i went around asking passengers if they'd
05:45seen dylan he was the first person i'd asked and he'd said with complete certainty that the seat next
05:51to mine had been empty the whole time no one had ever sat there
05:57to make sure he remembered dylan i gently tapped walter on the shoulder
06:04excuse me sir walter looked at me yes i pretended to be nervous as i pointed at
06:10dylan in the seat beside me what do you think of my boyfriend my parents haven't met him yet and
06:16i'm kind of nervous walter took a good look at dylan and nodded approvingly good looking young man
06:23you two look great together your parents will be happy i thanked him and fell into thought walter
06:30and grace had both acted completely natural nothing in their voices or expressions suggested they were
06:35hiding anything so what was the problem why had they both seen dylan in my past life and then later
06:42sworn they'd never laid eyes on him to maximize dylan's presence i stood up and pulled him with me then
06:49while he looked at me in confusion i raised my voice to address the whole cabin sorry to interrupt
06:55everyone just for a minute to maximize dylan's presence i stood up and pulled him with me then
07:04while he looked at me in confusion i raised my voice to address the whole cabin
07:10sorry to interrupt everyone just for a minute today's a big day i'm bringing my boyfriend home to meet my
07:17parents for the first time we've been together for three years and after this trip we're planning
07:23to get engaged there's something special about sharing a flight with all of you at 30 000 feet
07:28so if you wouldn't mind i'd love to get some well wishes from everyone every passenger on the plane
07:34turned to look at us my request was met with applause and cheerful blessings congratulations wishing you
07:41a lifetime of happiness you two are adorable all the best here's to many years together dylan was beaming
07:46his cheeks flushed as he thanked everyone then he quickly pulled me back down into my seat selena
07:53what's gotten into you today being so extra you're making me blush i grabbed his hand tight and said i'm
07:59just terrified of losing you now everyone on this plane had seen us there was no way anything could go
08:05wrong dylan gently stroked my hair silly girl how could i ever lose you when i love you so much
08:20are you just nervous about me meeting your parents he reached into his bag and pulled
08:24out my favorite bananas to calm me down he carefully peeled one making sure to strip off the white
08:30strings and held it to my mouth stop overthinking it's something you still have over an hour before
08:36we land i looked at the banana he was offering and hesitated in my past life this was the moment
08:43i'd gotten up to use the bathroom when i came back dylan was gone all that was left was this
08:50pure banana i felt the urge to pee but there was no way i was going to the bathroom now
08:56i took a bite
08:57of banana and gripped dylan's hand tight you are not leaving my sight not for one second dylan smiled
09:05helplessly fine fine i won't leave your sight for one second the plane suddenly jolted violently attention
09:15passengers we are encountering please fasten your seat belts hold on to the armrests and remain seated
09:22the jolts grew stronger the cabin lights flickered then everything went dark for a moment
09:33the jolts grew strong the cabin lights flickered then everything went dark for a moment
09:40everyone gripped their armrests and stayed frozen two seconds later the lights came back
09:46the plane steadied my heart was pounding i reached for the arm next to mine but my hand closed on
09:54empty
09:54air i whipped my head around dylan's seat was empty dylan was gone he had been holding my hand just
10:01a
10:01moment ago how could he just vanish like a panic flooded through me i ripped off my seat belt shot
10:09to my feet and
10:10started searching seats aisles bathrooms under the seats nothing he was gone dylan dylan i was screaming
10:22grace rushed over what's wrong he was right there during the turbulence and then the lights went out
10:29and when they came back on he wasn't here grace frowned looked at the empty seat ma'am are you
10:34sure you're not
10:35mistaken we only saw you bored alone there was no boyfriend here it was again that same confused look
10:42those same words my heart was hammering i pulled out my phone and flipped through my photos
10:48how could you not have seen him you just took a picture with him my voice died in my throat
10:53because
10:54the photo i'd taken with grace and dylan was gone the instagram post with the nine photos was gone
11:01the message i'd sent to the family group chat was gone everything was gone
11:08there it was again there it was again there it was again there it was again that same confused look
11:12those same words my heart was hammering i pulled out my phone and flipped through my photos
11:19how could you not have seen him you just took a picture with him my voice died in my throat
11:23because
11:24the photo i'd taken with grace and dylan was gone the instagram post with the nine photos was gone
11:31the message i'd sent to the family group chat was gone everything was gone
11:37ma'am i don't know what photo you're talking about but i never saw your boyfriend please return
11:42to your seat and fasten your seat belt the plane is still in the air i didn't go back instead
11:48i turned
11:49to walter you saw my boyfriend earlier earlier than you didn't you you quite my boyfriend boyfriend
11:55didn't you you said he was handsome and that my parents would be happy walter looked up
12:00he wildered young lady what are you talking about i never said anything about your boyfriend
12:07i've never seen him from the moment you got on on this plane i've only seen you sitting there
12:11the seat next to you has been empty the whole time
12:17young lady what are you talking about i never said anything about your boyfriend i've never seen him
12:23from the moment you got on on this plane i've only seen you sitting there the seat next
12:27you has been empty the whole time walter spoke with such certainty that he seemed to believe
12:31his own words but that only made me more sure something was wrong that's impossible you literally
12:38just told me he looked great he's been with me the whole flight there's no way you didn't see him
12:43other passengers started staring
12:48you boarded alone sweetheart i remember that seat's been empty the whole flight there's no
12:53boyfriend are you okay maybe the turbulence rattled you i looked at their faces baffled you all clapped
13:01for us you wished us a lifetime of happiness you all saw him you all saw him the passengers shook
13:10their heads applause no it's been quiet this whole flight you look really pale maybe you should sit
13:16down and rest their voices were calm their faces were open like none of it had ever happened
13:26their voices were calm their faces were open like none of it had ever happened
13:34but i knew what i remembered how could a man just disappear from a plane at 30 000 feet
13:40why did everyone claim they'd never seen him why were my photos gone
13:46dylan where are you dylan i was losing it i was screaming ladies you are disturbing the other
13:54passengers please return to your seats ma'am you're disturbing the other passengers please go back to your
13:59seat i shook my head no my boyfriend is missing i have to find him i made such a scene
14:09that the plane
14:09was first to land at the nearest airport the doors opened airport police came on board grace went
14:17straight to the leader sergeant marcus wayne and pointed at me this woman boarded alone but claims
14:25she had a boyfriend who disappeared she's been disruptive and won't listen i was not about to get
14:31locked up in a psych ward again officer i'm not trying to cause trouble i'm looking for my boyfriend
14:36he boarded this plane with me and now he's gone he has to be on this plane somewhere same face
14:43please
14:44help me find him i begged so much that sergeant wayne finally agreed to search the plane they went
14:50through everything carefully but in the end they found nothing wayne looked at me with a stern expression
14:58we have searched every inch of this plane we opened every passenger's luggage there is no boyfriend
15:04a man just vanished from a plane are you not for duetti winnis a man just vanished from a plane
15:11are you absolutely sure he boarded with you we have searched every inch of this plane we opened every
15:18passenger's luggage there is no boyfriend a man can't just vanish from a plane are you not for duetti
15:25winnis a man just vanished from a plane are you absolutely sure he boarded with you i'm sure i took
15:32pictures. I posted them on Instagram. I put them in my family group chat. Even though they're gone
15:36now, my parents and my friends saw them. Wayne called my parents. When he asked about the family
15:42group chat, my mom sounded confused. What pictures? I didn't see any pictures. And my daughter is
15:50single. She's never had a boyfriend. My head spun. I grabbed the phone. Mom, what are you talking
15:57about? You knew I was bringing Dylan home. You said you were excited to meet him. Selena, what's
16:02gotten into you? Your father and I have been trying to set you up for years and you've always said
16:06you
16:06don't want to date. You've been single all this time. How could you have had a boyfriend for three
16:10years? Samim as my past life. My parents denied everything. Officer, my friends saw it. Call them.
16:19They all know Dylan. Wayne called the friends who had commented on my post. Their answers were all
16:25the same. What Instagram post? I didn't see anything. Selena, she's been single forever.
16:32There's no way she has a boyfriend. I've known her since we were kids. She's never mentioned a boyfriend.
16:36There's no way she's dating anyone. What Instagram post? I didn't see anything. Selena, she's been
16:45single forever. There's no way she has a boyfriend. I've known her since we were kids. She's never mentioned
16:49a boyfriend. There's no way she's dating anyone. Every single person said the same thing. They'd never
16:55seen my instagram post and they were certain i had no boyfriend but i knew they'd all commented
17:01on my photos i'd seen it with my own eyes what the hell was going on clearly this woman is
17:08out
17:08of her mind she's imagining a boyfriend who doesn't exist her own parents and friends said
17:14she's never had a boyfriend why is she still carrying on like this this is ridiculous it's
17:19the holidays i'm trying to get home now i'm stuck here because of a crazy person throw her in a
17:23psych ward before she hurt someone take her to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation two officers
17:29grabbed my arms and started dragging me away i was about to lose hope was i really imagining all of
17:36this was dylan really not real then walter turned to grace his voice urgent miss when can we take
17:45off again i'm a doctor i'm a i have have an emergency surgery waiting in another state
17:52i can't afford to be delayed any longer my body went cold i pulled free from the officers and
17:57grabbed walter's arm what did you just say you're a doctor yes why i know where my boyfriend is
18:10my mind had been a jumbled mess but suddenly everything clicked into place the truth had
18:15been right in front of me it was more twisted than i ever could have imagined wayne's eyes sharpened what
18:21are you talking about where is your boyfriend i'm at his gaze he's on this plane wayne frowned selena
18:27stop this my men have searched this plane three times cockpit lavatories cargo hold under every
18:32seat they opened every suitcase there is no boyfriend if he were on this plane we would have
18:36found him he's just having another episode exactly the police have searched everywhere if he existed
18:42they'd have found him her own parents said she doesn't have a boyfriend why are we still listening
18:46to her get her out of here i want to go home ma'am we've searched every corner of this
18:50plane with the
18:50police there is no boyfriend your own family and friends have confirmed you aren't seeing anyone
18:54we've already been delayed an hour because of you everyone is trying to get home please accept
18:58reality and let us get this plane back in the air okay accept reality what reality that everyone was lying
19:04that my photos had disappeared that dylan had vanished into thin air no
19:13the reality was that i had taken pictures the reality was that i had posted on instagram the reality
19:19was that my parents and friends had responded the reality was that dylan and i had been together for
19:24three years the reality was that he boarded this plane with me the reality was that he disappeared right
19:30in front of me i accepted that reality and that was why i needed to expose the truth i took
19:35a deep
19:35breath let me tell you a story wayne looked taken aback are you serious we're all in a hurry here
19:40i
19:40don't want to hear a crazy person's story get her to a hospital already walter turned to wayne practically
19:47begging sergeant please just take her away my patient is waiting for surgery she's already delayed this
19:53flight enough i smiled at the sight of walter's frantic face i knew why he was in such a rush
19:59just a few minutes if after that you still want to commit me i'll go without a fight
20:09if after that you still want to commit me i'll go without a fight
20:14wayne studied me for a long moment then he nodded go ahead i let out a breath of relief then
20:20i turned
20:21to the window watching the sky darken outside as my mind went back three years when i stepped out
20:27there was a massive storm i couldn't get a cab my umbrella was broken i was huddled under the awning
20:34outside my office waiting for the rain to let up i was cold and hungry and miserable then dylan showed
20:42up he was holding this big black umbrella when he saw me he stopped i thought he'd walk right past
20:48like
20:48everyone else but he didn't he walked up to me and asked if i needed an umbrella but i didn't
20:54like
20:54talking to strangers back then so i just turned away and ignored him he just smiled didn't push it
21:00it's pouring don't catch a cold then he ran off into the rain i kept that umbrella later i found
21:06out
21:06he got a high fever the next day from running home in the storm we ran into each other again
21:12at a work
21:12project he was the technical support from the client side really sharp very professional nothing like the
21:18guy who'd seemed a little silly running off in the rain when the project wrapped he asked me out
21:23to celebrate that is how it started i kept talking pulling out more details
21:31i kept talking pulling out more details my stomach is a mess if i eat the wrong thing i'm in
21:38pain
21:39he found out and this guy who had never boiled water in his life bought a stack of cookbooks and
21:44taught
21:44himself to cook from youtube the first meal he made me was a disaster too much salt pasta was mush
21:50the
21:50steak splattered oil everywhere and he burned his hand but he wasn't upset about his hand he was upset
21:56that i might go hungry eventually he got good really good the past three years if he was around he
22:02made
22:02every meal breakfast lunch dinner no excuses when work got stressful i'd lose sleep and get irritable
22:11he'd stay up with me listen to me complain rub my shoulders walk me through work problems step by
22:17step until they were solved sometimes i'd apologize for being a handful i like that you're a handful
22:23it makes me feel like i'm actually useful as your boyfriend he said my problems were his problems
22:30my happiness was his happiness when i smiled that was all he needed
22:41he remembered everything i liked and didn't like i only drink black coffee with a splash of oat milk
22:52he'd order it for me anywhere we went i hate onions and broccoli he made sure neither ever showed up
22:58on my
22:58plate whether we were eating at home or out in the winter my hands and feet get cold he'd have
23:04hand
23:05warmers in a hot water bottle ready before i even asked i mentioned once that i loved a certain
23:10author on my next birthday he gave me the complete collector's set one night i got acute food poisoning
23:18i was in so much pain he carried me down the stairs and ran to the hospital in the freezing
23:23cold
23:24wearing nothing but thin pajamas i recovered his legs got frostbite
23:31we fought sometimes it didn't matter who was wrong he always apologized first he said he cared more
23:38about not losing me than about being right he was shy around people he didn't know
23:45it took him a long time to work up the courage to meet my parents for a whole month before
23:50this trip
23:50he practiced what he was going to say to them over and over he wanted to make the best impression
23:55so
23:55they'd feel good about giving me to him i spoke slowly carefully every detail was vivid and real
24:01wayne was looking at me differently now i looked at the peeled banana on my tray table i love bananas
24:07so whenever we traveled he'd bring some he'd peel them carefully pick off the white strings and hand
24:11them to me he did that on this flight but now he's gone and this banana is still here do
24:17you really
24:17believe all of this is in my head all these details all these memories am i really capable of making
24:33something like that up cabin fell quiet after a few seconds the officers behind wayne murmured to
24:39each other she doesn't seem like she's making this up those details sound real the way she talks about
24:43him that's not someone imagining things but if she's telling the truth where is he he can't have just
24:48vanished we searched the whole plane the passengers though were unmoved i sat behind her the whole
24:53flight i never saw anyone in the seat next to her selena i believe that you believe what you're saying
24:58but i deal in evidence and right now all the evidence says dylan miller was never on this flight
25:02and he might not exist in your life at all your parents and friends have all said you're not seeing
25:06anyone and i checked they have no reason to lie he was right my parents only had me they'd raised
25:11me like
25:12i was the most precious thing in the world in my past life i couldn't understand why they deny
25:17knowing about dylan when they'd just seen his picture now it was happening again
25:26now it was happening again my parents had seen the picture i sent but they said i had no boyfriend
25:34my close friends had commented on my instagram post but they swore i was single my parents and my friends
25:40didn't know each other they couldn't have coordinated and my friends they'd known me for years they wouldn't
25:46lie to me known of it had made sense but now it did now i understood everything you're right my
25:53parents aren't lying my friends aren't lying either i looked at wayne then what are you saying your
25:58parents and friends all say you don't have a boyfriend you've been telling us for the past
26:01hour that you do someone isn't telling the truth i'm not lying either not a single word passengers
26:07erupted she's insane completely insane how can she say everyone else is telling the truth and also say
26:14she's not lying those are two opposite things stop wasting our time with this crazy person young lady
26:20you are showing every symptom of schizophrenia and delusional disorder you're very sick let
26:25sergeant wayne take you to the hospital before you cause any more trouble for the rest of us
26:32walter was desperate the more desperate he got the more i smiled dr kim i know you're in a hurry
26:38but
26:39don't worry you said you had an emergency surgery waiting in another state what kind of surgery which
26:44hospital what's the patient's condition walter blinked caught off guard grace immediately stepped
26:49in mr kim you don't have to answer that that's your private medical information walter recovered
26:54quickly that's right that's my private information why should i tell you anything is it that you don't
26:59want to answer or that you can't walter's face tightened what is that supposed to mean i perform
27:05surgeries i have nothing to hide i just don't want to talk to some crazy person mrs davis if your
27:10own
27:10parents and friends say you don't have a boyfriend then the man you're looking for was never on this
27:14plane we've been delayed long enough unless there's anything else we're going to prepare for takeoff please
27:18cooperate with sergeant wayne and get yourself checked into the hospital grace's voice was still
27:23professional but i could see the urgency behind her are you in a hurry to get this plane back in
27:27the air
27:28or are you in a hurry to have me killed in a psychiatric hospital
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