Catfished
"Hi everyone, my name is Dan and this is my partner and friends Olivia. Welcome to our show, CATFISH. Today on the show we have Alex Vause, age 23 who fell in love with a girl named Silvia Jefferson whom apparently she had been chatting with for four months now from Los Angeles. Alex has asked to meet up with Silvia many times but Sylvia always had excuses so Alex contacted us to see if whether she is being catfished or not." Dan said into the Camera but turned to his partner as he finished his part.
"It seems so strange that someone could chat with you for so long and then refuse to meet. Something smells fishy here but I guess we will find out soon enough." Olivia said.
"Okay so Alex wrote…
…Dear Dan
My name is Alex Vause, I am 23 years old from Los Angeles and I am a lesbian. Four months ago, I started chatting with a girl named Silvia Jefferson from LA as she says. I begin to develop feelings for her and I asked if we could meet but she always gave excuses so I am writing to you to help me find out if she is real or not.
Regards,
Alex….
Okay so I think we should contact Alex and hear her side of the story. Shall we?"
"Of course…" Olivia got the recording camera ready as Dan opened Skype and dialled for Alex.
"Hello Alex, I am Dan as you know and this is my partner Olivia."
"Hey there" Olivia waves to the screen.
"Hi guys."
"So Alex we have received your letter. Do you mind sharing with us briefly what happened?"
"So I met this girl on Facebook, her name is Silvia Jefferson aged 21. She send me a friend request and I accept, then we started talking about random staff but then one thing led to another. I felt like I could trust her and we shared almost everything together but now the problem is that when I ask for us to meet she always gives me an excuse. I started to wonder if I was being catfished because I care a lot about this girl. So I contacted you guys."
"We hear you Alex and we might be able to help you solve this whole case. Are you ready for us to meet?" Dan asked Alex.
"Yes if course."
The crew drove to Alex's apartment and they arrived there in less than thirty minutes.
"Hi there"
"Hey guys, please come on in." Alex stepped aside to let everyone into her apartment.
"Wow it's a really nice place you got here Alex." Olivia comments.
"Thank you. Please have a seat."
Alex's apartment was a two bedroom apartment, with an open plan kitchen and sitting room. The sitting room was very spacious with the walls painted grey and there was a bookshelf by the right corner of the room. The couches were black with bright yellow pillows to highlight the dark colours.
There was an L-shaped couch with the long side facing the TV screen that was mounted on the wall. There was another two seater couch on the side facing the shorter part of the L-shaped couch. The kitchen had a breakfast bar on the side near to the main door.
On the left side of the apartment that is where you will find the bedrooms and the bathroom.
Dan and Olivia sat on the L-shaped couch while Alex took the two seater.
"Do you mind telling us a little bit about yourself or what you do Alex?" Dan asked as he got settled down.
"Like I said before, I am 23 years old and I am a lesbian. I am an artist but I also do some part time modelling. I own a restaurant not far from here actually and I named it after my mom, Diane who passed away from a short illness about six months ago and Silvia had been my stronghold. She just knew what to say and I actually felt a connection between us." Alex said and her voice was thick with emotions.
"So sorry to hear about your mom." Olivia said and Dan nodded in support.
"Thank you."
"If you find out that the person you have been talking to is not Silvia, how would that make you feel?" Dan asked.
"It would hurt because I really feel a deeper connection and I might even say that I have fallen in love with this girl. But if I am catfished I would like to know why they didn't approach me without a disguise."
"Let's just hope for the best." Olivia said.
"Okay Alex do you have the phone number or email address that you use when chatting with Silvia?"
"Yes I do. Here you go." Alex handed a document to Dan and they thanked her and left.
When they got to their office they checked whom the number belonged to and it definitely was not Silvia's
"Okay so the number belongs to someone else and Silvia is actually in Arizona. Alex is definitely being Catfished but who could it be? I mean the pic9she got of Silvia are probably from someone close to her. The email address also does not say much. Shall we contact this number and find out who it is?" Dan asked although he was already typing a message to the number.
DAN: Hi this is Dan from Catfish the show and we were wondering if you could help us locate a certain Silvia Jefferson with regards to Alex Vause. Please contact us soon.
Soon enough his phone beeped with a message.
UNKNOWN: Hi yes I do know Silvia but I can't talk on the phone right now. She is from Arizona.
DAN: Do you mind telling us who you are?
UNKNOWN: I am a friend of Silvia and I can't tell you much but if you could come to Arizona I will explain everything to you.
DAN: Okay we will be there tomorrow morning.
"So it seems as if we are taking a small gateway to Arizona." Dan said as he placed his phone down and looked AT Olivia.
"I wonder what will play out. This is all fishy too me. I mean if you could come to Arizona will explain everything to you? This all sounds like the beginning of a horror movie to me." Olivia replied.
"I think we have to go if want answers. Let's go meet up with Alex and relay the news to her.
They met with Alex again at her apartment.
"So Alex we have found Silvia Jefferson but she is not from LA, she is from Arizona. The number you gave us and the emails are not registered under Silvia but they are also from Arizona. We assume that the person catfishing you may be close to Silvia." Dan told Alex.
"How do you feel about all this?" asked Olivia.
"It hurts and hard to take in because everything felt all so real. Now all I want to know is why I was catfished." Alex replied.
"We are flying for Arizona and meeting them tomorrow. So are you ready?" Dan asked.
"I guess."