Tuesday, December 2, 2008

sick at my stomach

When Chris and I got home this afternoon, there was this girl in our neighbor Josh's driveway. We had never seen her before. We had an entire conversation about how that was not his girlfriend. We asked her about Josh, and she said he was fine. (Actually, she revealed a detail that suggests that she knew Josh better than we did.) I let Brooks out of the garage and she jumped in her car, afraid of him. We assured her that he wouldn't bite, and she got back out of the car. It was weird, but we went in the house and didn't think anything of it. I assumed it was someone cleaning his house because she was carrying a Rubbermaid tote to the door.....I should have asked more questions.....

A few minutes ago, Josh rang our doorbell. He asked if we saw anyone at his house today. I knew instantly that something was wrong...We told him we saw a lady and described her car and her appearance. He said that someone had broken into his house and taken his stuff, even his clothes!!! I cannot believe that we talked to that lady WHILE SHE WAS ROBBING HIS HOUSE! It was 2:30 in the afternoon for goodness sake! She was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt, and her car wasn't old or anything. She didn't panic when we drove up. She acted really cool. She did not seem that out of place by her appearance, I just didn't know who she was.
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The Brookwood police came by and we gave a statement. We told the officer that we could identify her if they caught her. We went over to Josh's after that to see if we could get him some dinner or if Chris needed to go to the mall to buy him some clothes. The police officer said that she was careful not to leave fingerprints, but she was not wearing gloves when I saw her. They didn't take his flat screen, but she tried to move it. It scratched his floor. They also didn't take his guns. I feel terrible that I didn't ask the lady more questions. I am at home every day, so I know who is out of place in the neighborhood. The police officer told us we should get an alarm system. He also said that I should take pictures of people, or tag numbers that seem out of place (as long as I am in my yard when I make the pictures). I never thought about that. I hope that they catch the lady that did it...I told Josh from now on I am going to make a picture of every person that is in his driveway and call him...I still can't believe that happened in our neighborhood...

3 comments:

Beth said...

Oh my gosh!! That is crazy!! Is he your next door neighbor?

Amanda said...

Yeah he lives directly next door. We still can't believe it...

Anonymous said...

How sad! Seriously, for her to have taken clothes and stuff like that, it seems like maybe she DID know him. BIZARRE.