"Max, you promised to only play in the garden for half an hour!" Catherine scolded, holding her phone out for him to see.
All over social media, the top influencers were sharing the same post—a missing child alert.
The video that accompanied it was crystal clear, showing every angle of a little boy.
The caption read, "Find this boy and win $100,000!" The signature below read, NextGen Media Hub.
And the boy in the video? It was unmistakably Max.
"This kid looks exactly like you," Catherine said, her voice tight.
"Or are you going to tell me he's your long-lost twin?"
Max's face flushed with guilt. "I'm sorry, Mommy..."
"Tell me the truth. What did you do yesterday?" Catherine's voice softened slightly, but her eyes held steady.
She knew Max wasn't a troublemaker, but whatever had h
