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One Night in Joplin (standard:other, 586 words) | |||
Author: Everet | Added: Jun 12 2010 | Views/Reads: 2969/4 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
A caller at n ight at my front door | |||
ONE NIGHT IN JOPLIN SLAMBANG MAY 20,2010 A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO, THE DOG, (PUPPY ), AND I WERE IN THE DEN, WATCHING TELEVISION. IT WAS LATER IN THE EVENING WHEN THE PRIME TIME PROGRAMS ARE BEING SHOWN. WE WERE WATCHING “THE MENTALIST, ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS. ( I DON'T THINK DOG CARES WHAT WE WATCH) AS HE SLEEPS THROUGH MOST OF THEM UNLESS THERE IS A DOG IN THE PROGRAM, THEN HE TRIES TO ANTAGONIZE IT IF HE CAN. IT DOES NOT STAY ON THE SCREEN VERY LONG OR I THINK HE WOULD ATTACK THE TV. MY WIFE HAD PASSED AWAY ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE AND THAT IS WHY I WENT TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY AND ADOPTED A DOG. AT THAT TIME I BELIEVED HIM TO BE ABOUT NINE WEEKS OLD AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GIVE HIM A GOOD HOME AS WELL AS PROVIDE COMPANY FOR ME, AS I WAS GOING THROUGH ONE OF THE SADDEST TIME IN MY LIFE THAT I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED. AT ANY RATE WE HAD BECOME SET IN OUR WAYS. WE HAD DINNER AND THE CLEARED AWAY THE DISHES AND SAT DOWN TO WATCH WHATEVER OUR DESIRES WERE. ( I DON'T MEAN THE PUPPIES DESIRES), I GUESS I WAS A MEAN PERSON BECAUSE I DID NOT CONSIDER HIS DESIRES AT ALL. WE HAD JUST STARTED WATCHING WHEN MY DOORBELL RANG. I TURNED ON THE MONITOR TO SEE WHO WAS AT THE DOOR AND SAW A YOUNG LADY AND AT THE EDGE OF THE MONITOR WERE TWO MEN,WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT OF MY VIEW IF I HAD NOT THBOUGHT TO INSTALL THE CAMERA AT MY FRONT DOOR. I WENT TO THE DOOR AND ASKED THROUGH THE SPEAKER WHILE WATCHING THE MONITOR) “WHO IS IT? THE REPLY CAME BACK AND THE YOUNG LADY SAID “ I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY CAR AND I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD USE YOUR PHONE TO CALL SOMEONE TO HELP ME. I REPLIED” if YOU WILL GIVE ME THE NUMBER, I WILL MAKE THE CALL FOR YOU” SHE REPLIED, “ I DON'T KNOW HE NUMBER, I WILL HAVE TO GO TO INFORMATION FIRST” DURING THIS CONVERSATION, I NOTICED SOME FRANTIC SIGNALING BETWEEN THE TWO MEN AND THE YOUNG LADY. WELL I SAID,” I KNOW A WAY TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM. I WILL CALL THE SHERIFF WHO IS LOCATED A FEW BLOCKS AWAY AND HE CAN MAKE THE CALL FOR YOU“ OR MAYBE GET YOU SOME HELP ON HIS RADIO.”. I WANT TO TELL YOU NOW THAT I WAS BECOMING QUITE SUSPICIOUS ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING AND WAS READY TO CALL THE SHERIFF TO COME TO MY HOME AND INVESTIGATE, AT THIS TIME THEN YOUNG LADY SAID “ OH I AM SO SORRY TO HAVE DISTURBED YOU, BUT MY BOYFRIEND HAS ARRIVED AND TOLD ME HE HAS THE CAR RUNNING ,SO I WON'T NEED TO BOTHER YOU ANY FURTHER. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO CONSIDERATE.AND AT THIS POINT ,SHE LEFT AND OF COURSE THE TWO MEN ALSO LEFT. AND I WENT BACK TO WATCHING “THE MENTALIST”, WHICH WAS ALMOST OVER. THE NEXT NIGHT, ON THE LOCAL NEWS, I SAW WHERE A WOMAN AND TWO MEN HAD GAINED ENTRANCE TO A RESIDENCE AND TIED UP THE OCCUPANTS AND STOLEN SOME THINGS FROM THEIR HOUSE. I WONDERED IF IT WAS THE SAME ONES THAT HAD TRIED TO GAIN ENTRANCE TO MY HOME AND WHEN THEY WERE APPREHENDED BY THE POLICE AND THER PICTURES WERE SHOWN ON TELEVISION, I KNEW I HAD ALMOST BEEN IN BIG TROUBLE. Tweet
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