Free Offline by Kealan Patrick Burke

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    Kealan Patrick Burke

    Smashwords Edition

    Copyright 2012 by Kealan Patrick Burke

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

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# # #

    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