I Sent My Stepmother on a 2,000-Mile Chase

My stepmother was so obsessed with tracking my location that she secretly sewed an Apple AirTag into the lining of my winter coat. I am 20 years old. I found out because my iPhone started giving me those "Unknown Accessory Detected" alerts every time I walked to my college campus. When I finally cut the fabric open and found it, I didn't confront her. I wanted to play a game.

I took the AirTag, drove out to the industrial part of town, and snuck onto a cargo train yard. I dropped the AirTag inside a metal shipping container bound for the middle of nowhere in Montana.

For the last three days, my dad has been blowing up my phone frantically asking why I’m "living in a warehouse in the mountains." My stepmother apparently had a full mental breakdown and called the local sheriff thinking I was kidnapped. I’m currently sitting in my dorm eating pizza, refusing to answer their calls, and watching the tracker slowly move across the country. Best weekend ever.