Annabelle Porter investigation
Abigail Porter
To: You
Good Afternoon Samantha,
Sorry to get in contact with you so out of the blue and so late in the day too, but I'm at an impasse and honestly feel better documenting this with someone in journalism rather than on some crappy hard drive I could be convinced to wipe later. Does that have your attention, Sam? I've got quite the story for you but I'll ask you not to go anywhere with it until I'm finished or... I'm finished! If I don't send you an email after seven days have passed, feel free to assume me compromised or whatever fancy word you want to use. That goes for future emails too, consider it my deadline haha.
I'm not the writer my sister is, or was. Her last letter to me was barely even legible, which is why I'm writing to you. If I just wanted to catch up and shoot the shit after years of not talking since high school I'd have reached out on socials or checked to see if your number is the same, but this is serious and so I've decided to communicate in a more fitting manner. Just be pleased I'm not mailing in, my handwriting is a fucking mess!
With that lengthy preamble over, you're probably wondering what this is all about. I've attached a series of letters my sister sent me since I left home, they should get you up to speed much quicker than I could. I feel a little weird sharing these but again I need this documented so why not with my trusted reporter buddy? Or, well, you work in the office with reporter folks at least right? I already tried the police and of course they didn't take this seriously, no surprise there right?
I'll be blunt. My sister, Anna, has been brainwashed. I understand how ridiculous that sounds but read those letters and you'll see what I mean. She's always been too straitlaced and uptight to play such a strange practical joke and besides, she's missing. By which I mean that I'm unable to find her or get in contact, at least. I tried to file a missing persons report and was told they got in contact and she confirmed that she's fine, no investigation needed. They wouldn't give me any more than that, where she was or any number or email. The old ones are a dead end.
She's not fine, though. I don't understand how it's even possible but she's had her entire personality changed over the course of a year, gone from the smartest person I know aiming for a doctorate to some braindead slut. As far as I can tell she's being kept like a pet in some lesbian sex cult, I can only imagine they've been drugging her or something unless we just stepped onto the set of some pornographic sci fi movie. Look, I know how insane this all is, it took me a month to process what I read in those letters. I'm looking into this on my own but I just needed some insurance in case I'm in way over my head here, either that or I'm delusional and you need to send someone to come check on me. Don't be too hasty Sam, at least consider that I might not be before you get me sent away!
Take your time with a response, I don't know if I expect to hear back from you or not. Spam filters these days, I wouldn't be surprised if this gets flagged.
Regards,
Abigail
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RE: Annabelle Porter investigation
Abigail Porter
To: You
Hi,
Crickets. I can't say I'm surprised but I'm hoping you're just processing my last email. I need you to understand that I'm being completely serious, that was Anna's handwriting in those letters. In any case, I've been doing some digging. Is that a thing they say where you work? I visited the dorm that my sister moved into when she started college I at least confirmed that what she wrote in those letters was true, a group of blondes visited her room frequently. Increasingly more often as the weeks went on until she was finally kicked out of her accommodation. I just assumed she meant they threw her out because she was no longer a student, but apparently they don't do that until the year's up usually. According to the girls I questioned, she was reported for inappropriate conduct and removed that way. It was a little vague, but I can put two and two together when reading the contents of those letters. I know my sister, Sam, that isn't like her at all.