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Authors: Kealan Patrick Burke

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Offline

Kealan Patrick Burke

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2012 by Kealan Patrick Burke

Smashwords Edition, License Notes

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Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

The following is a work of fiction. Any
resemblance to persons living or dead is purely unintentional

www.kealanpatrickburke.com

# # #

What follows is the transcript from a series
of screenshots emailed to the Columbus City Police on June 7th,
2011, and subsequently distributed to the media. In the wake of the
investigation and as a result of the extensive media coverage,
countless falsified copies and revised versions of the document
were later posted to various social media platforms via a "meme"
which later proved to be a virus.

This is the official authorized version of
the document

# # #

May
2
nd
,
2010

Josh:
Hey

Mandy:
hi

Josh:
Thanks for accepting my request

Mandy:
np. Why did you add me?

Josh:
thought we had a lot in common

Mandy:
cool

Josh:
plus, you're hot, lol!

Mandy:
thx

Josh:
so how r you?

Mandy:
good. Gotta go.

Josh:
ok

Mandy is offline

May
3
rd
,
2010

Josh:
Hi Mandy

Mandy:
hey

Josh:
What's going on?

Mandy:
nt much. u?

Josh:
cooking

Mandy:
that's cool

Mandy is offline

May
4
th
,
2010

Josh:
Hey.

Mandy:
Hey.

Josh:
What are you up to?

Mandy:
Txtng my friend

Josh:
Cool. How is she?

Mandy:
Not so good. Her online 'boyfriend' just dumped
her...lol.

Josh:
that sucks.

Mandy:
Yeah. I better go.

Josh:
Oh, ok. Sorry I bothered you.

Mandy:
You didn't. ttyl.

Josh:
Ok.

Mandy is offline

May
5
th
,
2010

Josh:
Hey

Mandy:
Hey.

Josh:
How are you?

Mandy:
Ok. u?

Josh:
bored

Mandy:
sorry to hear that.

Josh:
I like your new profile pic.

Mandy:
thx!

Josh:
you should be a model

Mandy:
lol. Yeah, right.

Josh:
I'm serious. You look a bit like Celine Dion, only
hotter...!

Mandy:
Ugh, Celine Dion is gross, lol.

Josh:
lol, sorry! Well you're not gross.

Mandy:
thx

Josh:
so do you have a boyfriend?

Mandy is offline

May
7
th
,
2010

Josh:
Hey

Mandy:
Hi. Jeez, do you ever sleep?

Josh:
what do you mean?

Mandy:
you're always on here.

Josh:
not always. But a lot, I guess. Nothing better to do,
lol.

Josh:
what are you up to?

Mandy:
not much. Just responding to email

Josh:
sweet.

Josh:
do you get much email?

Mandy:
lol

Josh:
what?

Mandy:
nothing. Just an odd question

Josh:
oh, lol. Sorry. Just really bored. Not many people to talk to
on here

Mandy:
aww

Josh:
I don't have many friends

Mandy:
on FB?

Josh:
anywhere

Mandy:
that's sad. Sorry :-(

Josh:
s'okay. Where I live it's hard to be popular

Mandy
: where do you live?

Josh:
did you look at my profile?

Mandy:
no, sorry. I will now.

Josh:
cool

Mandy:
You're in Urbana?

Josh:
yep

Mandy:
cool. I used to live there a few years ago

Josh:
I know

Mandy:
ummm...how do u know, lol?

Josh:
says you went to school there on your profile, silly,
lol.

Mandy:
lol. Blonde moment. Sorry.

Josh:
yeah, but you're not blonde :-)

Mandy:
I am actually ;-)

Josh:
in your picture you are, but you're originally a brunette,
right?

Mandy:
how do you know that?

Josh is offline

May
10
th
,
2010

Mandy:
Hi!

Josh:
Hey

Mandy:
Quick question...

Josh:
sure

Mandy:
when I talked to you before, you said I wasn't a real
blonde

Josh:
yes. Sorry about that. Didn't mean to upset you

Mandy:
Nah, it's cool. Just wondering how you knew that?

Josh:
so it's true?

Mandy:
Yeah, but I've been a blonde for a long time

Josh:
why?

Mandy:
???

Mandy:
Why what?

Josh:
why are you blonde?

Mandy:
Uh...I dunno. I just prefer it. I like how it looks, I
guess.

Josh:
makes sense

Mandy:
So, how did you know? Is it obvious or something,
lol!

Josh:
Nah, you just look like you used to be a brunette

Mandy:
Oh. In a bad way?

Josh:
No

Mandy:
Ok, phew, lol. So whatchoo doing?

Josh:
Not much. Bad day

Mandy:
what happened?

Josh is offline

May
11
th
,
2010

Josh:
Hi Mandy

Mandy:
Hey

Josh:
Sorry about yesterday

Mandy:
S'ok.

Josh:
I've been going through some stuff. Makes me cranky,
lol.

Mandy:
no probs. Happens to me all the time. Everything
ok?

Josh:
I like your new profile pic

Mandy:
awesome, thanks so much! Do you like it better than the Celine
Dion one, lol!

Josh:
Yes. Looks like you didn't crop it enough though on the right
side.

Mandy:
I was kind of in a hurry. Does it look bad?

Josh:
No, but you can see your boyfriend's arm in it.

Mandy:
Yeah, I like how I look in that picture so I wanted to put it
up.

Mandy:
If I cropped it anymore tho, I'd have had to cut myself in
half, lol.

Josh:
So who's the guy?

Mandy:
An ex. A jerk.

Josh:
why'd u break up?

Mandy:
He cheated on me.

Josh:
Ouch

Mandy:
Yeah.

Josh:
He'll get what's coming to him tho. Everybody does

Mandy:
I guess. So what kind of music do you like?

Josh:
It's on my profile

Mandy:
K, will check it out

Josh:
K

Mandy is offline

May
13
th
,
2010

Mandy:
Hi

Josh:
Sup?

Mandy:
nothing. Just saw that you were on.

Mandy:
you still there?

Josh:
yes

Mandy:
you're not very chatty tonight, lol.

Josh:
bad day

Mandy:
me too

Josh:
seems to be going around

Mandy:
yeah. My friend might be pregnant

Josh:
that's too bad

Mandy:
yeah, she asked me for advice and I didn't know what to tell
her

Josh:
how old is she?

Mandy:
17. Same as me

Josh:
she should probably get rid of it

Mandy:
she doesn't want to

Josh:
then it's on her

Mandy:
that's not nice. She's really freaked out

Josh:
she should be. Maybe in the future she'll keep her legs
closed

Mandy is offline

May
14
th
,
2010

Josh:
hi

Mandy is offline

May
15
th
,
2010

Josh:
hey

Mandy is offline

May
16
th
,
2010

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