On a late Wednesday night, Lauren found Ryan awake editing a client video. Concerned by Ryan’s workload, Lauren helped draft an extensive list of requirements and interview questions for Ryan to hire an assistant editor.

Lauren’s phone then buzzed with a Me4U request from NT95 offering five thousand dollars for an hour-long session with only an address provided, implying an in-person meeting. Lauren rejected the request and reiterated her no-meet rule, but NT95 immediately raised the offer by two thousand and attached a photo of a page torn from a lined notebook.

Realizing it was a page from her stolen high school diary, Lauren panicked. Another message arrived that read, “Please, Lo,” prompting Lauren to deduce that NT95 was Junior. She confirmed the address as the arcade and explained to Ryan that Junior had been her first subscriber and a long-time supporter who had never previously crossed her boundaries.

Lauren cycled through shock, betrayal, confusion, anger, and reluctant excitement as she processed that Junior had been her favorite sub all along and now possessed her diary. She and Ryan discussed whether this amounted to stalking, weighed his history of respectful behavior online, and considered safety risks versus potential benefits.

Ryan promised support and insisted on safety, offering that they and Taylor would accompany Lauren to wait outside the arcade with makeshift protection, including a bat, and even joking about bringing Walter. Lauren admitted she still desired Junior physically and considered the encounter as possible closure: a final, rough, transactional experience to accept his apology and move on.

After deliberation, and framing the money as a kind of restitution, Lauren decided to proceed. She accepted NT95/Junior’s seven-thousand-dollar request while planning for Ryan and Taylor to be close by during the meeting.