Chapter 20 – Breaking News

Posted on by Wren James

@gottiewrites 31/08/14

No time for a proper post but I thought I should post here in case you haven’t seen the news: Nathan O’Donnell has just been declared missing. He hasn’t been seen in a few days.

TV ACTOR DECLARED MISSING

Nathan O’Donnell, LA resident and actor on RBC TV show Loch & Ness, hasn’t contacted his friends or family since 28th August. He was last seen at a gas station near Bamboo Boulevard in Los Angeles.

His sister has issued a heartbreaking statement through the LAPD, pleading for the public to contact the police with any information about his whereabouts.

“My lovely brother Nathan has been missing for over twenty-four hours now, and we’re all so shocked and worried for his safety. We want him to know that we love him and miss him, and will welcome him back with open arms whenever he is able to return to us. Please help bring my brother home safe and well.”

If you believe you have information about O’Donnell’s whereabouts, a dedicated website has been set up to receive messages. He is described as Caucasian, with a muscular build, brown hair and a full beard.

I . . . I’m at a loss. I’m still processing what this might mean. Will post asap.

– gottie

Comments (7421)

Anonymous But he’s been posting? Nathan has been online! He can’t be missing!

Anonymous Haven’t you been taking in anything Gottie has been saying? THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AREN’T WRITTEN BY THEM.

Anonymous that’s why he stopped turning up for filming!!!

lilithfatale he’s just on holiday! He’s not actually MISSING, is he?

Anonymous Nathan has tweeted three times in the last week, though?! e.g.

@Nathan_ODonnell So, who’s your favourite? #LochandNess

Lyra (65%)

Jayden (4%)

Fang (31%)

@Nathan_ODonnell Anyone else reaaaally craving a TV series marathon right now? What shows are you all loving right now that I should check out?

Anonymous I don’t want him to be missing either, but these tweets are CLEARLY written by a publicist, are you blind? Try a bit harder ffs

tinyshaz if Nathan is missing does that mean he’s not going to be at NYC comiccon next week? What a waste of a ticket, I only bought it to see him. I paid for the photo opp and everything urgh

Anonymous I bet gottie knew this was going to happen. This whole essay was probably commissioned by nathan’s publicist as a distraction while he was missing, to stop anyone noticing

RIAxoTT gottie HAS to be involved somehow. The timing of this essay is too suspicious. And there’s no way she’s actually worked all this stuff out just by googling. She must have an inside source.

Anonymous gottie, didn’t you see Nathan at his house when you got the laptop? that would have been around the time that he went missing, right? what if you saw him just before he disappeared?

gottiewrites no way. No way. that’s….no way.

anxiousalien you should probably go to the police, if you were one of the last people to see him alive.

gottiewrites ‘ALIVE’? Like he’s DEAD???

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8 thoughts on “Chapter 20 – Breaking News”

  5. I’ve been reading this story all afternoon and I’m completely engrossed, but truly nothing could have prepared me for how hard I would laugh at the reveal of how much more famous Anya is than the boys. Way too real. Thank you so much for this fantastic story!

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    1. Right?! It captures *those* people so well. There are always those stans who fawn over the male actors and ignore the women, like that commenter, and also gottie cutting Anya out of every interview she transcribes. LOL.

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    2. Also the way they still call these grown men involved in very shady dealings “our boys” lmao. I died at harrypotterswife (of all handles😭) calling out the delusion/misogyny. Classic creepy m/m RPF fandom.

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Published by Wren James

Wren James is the Carnegie-longlisted British author of many Young Adult novels as ‘Lauren James’, including Last Seen Online, Green Rising, The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker and The Quiet at the End of the World. Amazon MGM Studios is developing The Loneliest Girl in the Universe as a feature film. Joe Roth and Jeffrey Kirschenbaum will produce the film alongside Katherine Langford. They are a RLF Royal Fellow and the story consultant on Netflix’s Heartstopper (Seasons 2 and 3). Season 3 will guest star Jonathan Bailey, playing a role created by Wren.