The caption read: If you know the young man from the grocery store, help this message reach him.
My stomach tied itself in knots.
I shut my bedroom door. Then I pressed play.
The thumbnail showed Dylan’s mother.
She sat in a parked car, looking straight at the camera.
“I owe a young man an apology. I recognized him at the grocery store from a video my son had shared at school.”
She let out a heavy sigh.
“I decided he was dangerous without knowing him. When he approached me, I screamed before I even heard what he was saying.”
She let out a heavy sigh.
“I filed a complaint. The manager reviewed the security footage and explained that the boy had offered me his own money to buy cereal for my daughter. He hadn’t threatened either of us.”
She paused and wiped her face.
