hey did you get my message last night??
yeah? which one
the one about the party on saturday. you said don't tell anyone about it
maya... i didn't send that
what do you mean?? it came from YOUR number
i was asleep at 11pm last night!! i didn't send anything
wait. let me send you a screenshot
maya i did NOT write that
and i never write "– J" at the end. that's so weird
ok this is really strange. someone sent me a message from your phone. or from your number
do you think someone has my phone?? i can check... one second
my phone is here, in my bag. nobody took it
ok jess. but the message says "not even tom"
tom is your boyfriend. how does someone know about him?
...
someone knows us, maya. someone who knows me and knows you
jess, look at the message again. it came at 11:47 pm. but look at the icon... it's not your photo. it's just a grey circle. i don't know what that means. maybe someone hacked you? i'm a little scared right now.
a grey circle?? that means the person has no profile photo
maya. check the chat name at the top of your screen
it says... "Jess, Maya, and 1 other"
wait WHAT
this is a GROUP CHAT?? since when??
i didn't make it a group chat. i never did that
someone added themselves to our chat 😨
At 08:28, the unknown third person in the chat suddenly started typing. Both Maya and Jess could see the three dots moving on screen.
hello maya. hello jess. 👋
who are you
i'm a friend. i just wanted to say — the party on saturday is a bad idea, maya
ask jess why she didn't tell you about last year
STOP IT. who are you?? leave this chat right now
jess. what does "last year" mean
nothing, ignore it
jess.
ok fine. last year i told some people at work about your party. i know i shouldn't have. that's why the wrong people came. i didn't want to tell you because i felt so bad about it
i'm so sorry maya. i wanted to tell you but the time was never right
so THAT'S why everything went wrong at my birthday. i always thought it was strange
now you know the truth 🙂
ok but WHO ARE YOU. how do you know all of this
i was at the party last year. you don't remember me. but i remember you
The unknown user left the chat. Their account showed "deleted user" seconds later. Jess and Maya sat in silence for a moment.
maya i'm really sorry. about last year. i should have told you
i know. i'm not happy about it. but i'm more worried about that person right now
they were in our chat. they were reading everything. for how long??
maya, i'm looking at my settings. someone logged in to my account on saturday from a different city. someone used my account! i need to change my password now. delete this chat, okay? delete it now.
ok deleting now
jess — we need to talk about last year too. not now. but soon
i know. i'll tell you everything. i promise
new chat, new rules. only us two. no more surprises
agreed 🤝 and maya... thank you for not hating me
i don't hate you. but i'm a little mad 😑 ask me again in a week