Stolen

Content Warning: This section of the guide discusses suicide and kidnapping.

Gemma begins her letter to Ty by recalling how he saw her before she saw him. She notices him watching her at the airport and fixates on his bright blue eyes. She wonders now if he planned everything, waiting until the right moment to approach her. After fighting with her parents, Gemma goes to buy coffee, but she doesn’t have enough money. Ty steps up and buys her coffee. He offers to put sugar in the coffee for her. She sits down with him, and he smiles as he pours the sugar into her drink. She wonders if he smiled while he drugged her coffee.

Ty asks her about her life. She explains they’re on the way to Vietnam. Her mom is a curator, and her dad is a stockbroker. She notices him sweating and glancing around nervously but confuses it for endearing shyness. He tells her he travels, makes art, and builds things. He tucks her hair behind her ear, and she feels trapped in the moment with him. He asks her if she’d rather go to Australia, and she says sure.

She starts to feel the effects of the drugged coffee.