Missing Person
I have a sister. Well, I had a sister. She turned into someone I didn't even know. She was a great sister until she turned about 17. Same old story - she hung out with the wrong crowd and being easily influenced, she drifted further and further apart from the family. Many times stressed, we were often crushed at the person she became. Not knowing what to do and how to help her, we often thought of sending her to live with my aunt in our small hometown.
I've asked for advice from many friends on what to do and advice from personal experiences. I always got the same answer: "You have to let her learn from her own mistakes. There's nothing you can do. She'll grow out of it."
It's been almost 4 years and nothing has changed except our hopes that she will someday smarten up. If anything, she has gotten worse and has moved out a few months ago and I stopped talking to her. I wanted her to know that I cared about her as much as she has cared for the family, which is little or nothing at all. She has even told me to my face that she would pick friends over family. It hurt real bad since our family has always been there for her through thick and thin. She moved out before and when she needed to come home, the door was open. Any time she needed money, I would always bail her out. Would her friends do the same for her?
Right before Mother's Day this year, she informed the family that she was going to Vietnam with a friend for vacation. Red flags everywhere. She has already stepped into the path of no good, doing sketchy things and knowing people who dealed drugs. Why Vietnam? She has always talked about saving up money to go on vacations, but always failed to do so. If she couldn't even save up a few hundred dollars, how could she afford this $1K plane ticket to Asia? There were so many things wrong with this picture. She didn't leave a phone number or an address claiming she would give it to us once she finds out. She was leaving for two weeks. It is June 11th today. Two weeks turned to three and no word from her since she called from Asia on her cell phone when she arrived. Very short call her telling my mom that it was really hot there. When she called, she told my mom she would be returning home on June 9th. Since the 9th, we have been non-stop trying to reach her. Her cell-phone has been turned off and of course, she didn't leave any details of where she moved to. We called her previous jobs hoping to get some clue of where she lived. Nobody knows anything.
Do I panic? Should I care? What should we do? We have thought about calling the police to file a missing person's report, but are we ready for that? The only thing we have to go on is her mail (which she still uses the home address). I have opened every single one hoping to see some recent transaction that will tell us where she is. Every bill I have opened is past due or over limit and therefore no recent transactions. I did, however, find a bill for AIC Global Communications which she must have signed up for long distance calls before she left.
Turns out she has been calling this one number in China almost everyday for 3 weeks before she left. Do I call the number? Should we go to the police with it? Will they be able to help us? Is she in danger?? Wasn't she supposed to be in Vietnam?? The family has agreed that we will first call the number tonight (around the same time that she has been calling it) before going to the police.
Let's hope it'll give us a clue on where she is.
I've asked for advice from many friends on what to do and advice from personal experiences. I always got the same answer: "You have to let her learn from her own mistakes. There's nothing you can do. She'll grow out of it."
It's been almost 4 years and nothing has changed except our hopes that she will someday smarten up. If anything, she has gotten worse and has moved out a few months ago and I stopped talking to her. I wanted her to know that I cared about her as much as she has cared for the family, which is little or nothing at all. She has even told me to my face that she would pick friends over family. It hurt real bad since our family has always been there for her through thick and thin. She moved out before and when she needed to come home, the door was open. Any time she needed money, I would always bail her out. Would her friends do the same for her?
Right before Mother's Day this year, she informed the family that she was going to Vietnam with a friend for vacation. Red flags everywhere. She has already stepped into the path of no good, doing sketchy things and knowing people who dealed drugs. Why Vietnam? She has always talked about saving up money to go on vacations, but always failed to do so. If she couldn't even save up a few hundred dollars, how could she afford this $1K plane ticket to Asia? There were so many things wrong with this picture. She didn't leave a phone number or an address claiming she would give it to us once she finds out. She was leaving for two weeks. It is June 11th today. Two weeks turned to three and no word from her since she called from Asia on her cell phone when she arrived. Very short call her telling my mom that it was really hot there. When she called, she told my mom she would be returning home on June 9th. Since the 9th, we have been non-stop trying to reach her. Her cell-phone has been turned off and of course, she didn't leave any details of where she moved to. We called her previous jobs hoping to get some clue of where she lived. Nobody knows anything.
Do I panic? Should I care? What should we do? We have thought about calling the police to file a missing person's report, but are we ready for that? The only thing we have to go on is her mail (which she still uses the home address). I have opened every single one hoping to see some recent transaction that will tell us where she is. Every bill I have opened is past due or over limit and therefore no recent transactions. I did, however, find a bill for AIC Global Communications which she must have signed up for long distance calls before she left.
Turns out she has been calling this one number in China almost everyday for 3 weeks before she left. Do I call the number? Should we go to the police with it? Will they be able to help us? Is she in danger?? Wasn't she supposed to be in Vietnam?? The family has agreed that we will first call the number tonight (around the same time that she has been calling it) before going to the police.
Let's hope it'll give us a clue on where she is.
posted by LemonadeParade at 6:54 p.m.
1 Comments:
oh my goodness! Such Crax drama!! on a serious note though, i hope you guys find her and that she is doing okay... *fingers crossed*
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