Crawset! <EEK> I read that one almost a quarter century ago and I still get freaked out by closet doors if they're ajar.

Well, this is too long ago for you young'uns, but I read Salems Lotback before you were born. And it was FREAKY SCAREY. I was petrified for months. One night I went out in the dark barn to feed the goat, heard something, and screamed so loud the neighbors came running. And I promise you will be afraid to look at your windows at night - someone might be looking in.

I will try not to make this too long but you know how I am. I talked to H's XW today & I was laid out for awhile so I could absorb everything and put it in the warehouse so Mr. Gray cannot find it.

From what she told me regarding when he left (Melody & I discussed this) and took all of the money and left her and the kids with nothing it looks 99.9% like it it was an A. Aw heck, you might as well make that 100%!!!!

She was really nice and told me that she felt bad for me because he was doing this to me. She remembers going through that pain and would never wish it on anyone. (I was like, that's what I'M screamin') I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

We talked for a really long time and she said if I needed anyone to talk to to please give her a call so we could talk some more.

We talked about H's estrangement from DD20 & how when XW told her what he was doing to me & the family she got even angrier with him. Plus, DD said, "Who in the world would want him?"

I teared up when she was telling me about how much DD has gone through when trying to connect with her dad. DD connected with everyone here in my family and they all love her. We haven't seen her much over the years because she didn't see the point in coming here because her dad never paid attention to her.

I hope someday she can have a relationship with him. My relationship with my dad wasn't repaired until after H & I were married. And it was a few years after we were married, too. I don't remember how many. So I have hope that someday they will connect...I was in that same place she is now with my dad for a long time.

I called HR again to follow up on last week's letter. Head of HR wasn't there and when I told them my name they put me through to next in line.

I told him I was following up on last week's letter and started talking about the A occurring on the office premisis. At one point I said, "and the night he was arrested..." and he said "What?!" So I told him about H's arrest and that H had told that he told his Supe about the arrest, etc. I told him I had talked to another CW that night & that I knew that H & OW had been doing their "thang" at work that night before the arrest. So the other CW can corroborate this. I know she remembers H's arrest and my phone calls to her.

The more I talked, the more questions he asked.

I told him that H has a problem with prescrip drugs...an addiction. I told him that it's gotten worse lately and that he orders these drugs off of the internet and frequently has the orders sent to the office. I told him I wanted my H to get into some sort of rehab program because I was really starting to worry about H's life.

I told him about their trip and the things that were talked about in the evidence and he wanted me to send it. I sent it overnight express.

I felt good because apparently the letter I sent wasn't swept under the rug. They are paying attention. I imagine they will pay more attention now. And there are plenty of other ways to corroborate my story if they haven't already used them. Employees must check in at guard's desk with signature when they come in, plus they have the key badges that open the door.

So they have plenty of things H can't get to and erase if they need any additional proof.

I felt so good after I talked to him that I was hungry for the first time today. After I talked to XW I was ready to change the locks. I will still be changing the locks. Mr. Gray can come over when I'm here if he needs anything. The door is messed up anyway & barely closes & locks. I have a booby trap set up in the event that someone tries to break in. (not a Rambo booby trap but one that will give very good warning.)

I started reading his stuff when I was 10. I started with Salem's Lot. Bad idea, but I was hooked.

I hear THAT Dobie!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

The Shining is my FAVORITE! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

OMG!! I thought I was the only person that did that. I never throw a book away. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Well, Miss Charlotte, they may FIRE him. Now that they know about the addiction issues, and the arrest, they may use the affair as an excuse to cut their losses.

Hopefully this will make him hit bottom.

Wow Charlotte, the stuff just keeps getting deeper and deeper. I don't think I've seen anyone on here do such a detailed exposure (but I've only been here for a little while). I'm impressed. YAY for you!

EX was a good source, too bad you didn't know all of his before you married him. That's just more stuff he's going to need to deal with eventually. I'm wondering if his past is catching up to him (thus the drug abuse and acting out). Could be God's working here to get WH's attention.

Good job.

Thank you believer & princess meggy! I really WANT him to get help. He will understand this someday. After he comes out of the fog.

I have great hopes that he will.

He's not inherently evil but just a person who has made some poor choices in life.

If they fire him, so be it. He is going to die if he doesn't get some help.

I'm doing the best I can right now for him. And for us. And for the family.

Me either!!

I just remembered something. While I was talking to H's XW, she told me that years ago she'd had a dream in which we met and were in a park somewhere talking like friends.

I just gotta say, "WOW!"

Dangit, so many of us with the same secret vice - Stephen King stories.

Charlotte, the dream? Sometimes time isn't a straight line. Sometimes it's a loop.

Good point, Bellevue.

Hey, I think it's neat that there are so many King fans around here!!

Have you read Lisey's Story?

I warned my OS when he was about 13 to not read Pet Cemetery
when we were going to be camping where it was REALLY DARK at night. He ended sleeping in the trailer,sharing a cramped spot with his little brother rather than out with the trees making noises as the wind blew through them.

He never doubted me after that (about scary books that is) <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

PS His sister didn't even notice. She had finished The Stand earlier that summer.

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I know how your oldest son must have felt. Except to scare me while camping all you have to do is start talking about Bigfoot.

I won't sleep for hours. I still remember the Legend of Boggy Creek. I have an irrational fear of Bigfoot.

THE STAND!!! Absolutely my most favorite King novel. I used to read it every year around the time Charles Campion hit the gas pumps in Arnette.

I had slacked off on the yearly Stand reading but I did read it this year again finally.

I LIVE in Bigfoot country!

Did you ever see Harry and the Hendersons? My twin brother lives right down the road from where they filmed the forest scenes.

Apparently Bigfoot is a vegetarian.

My uncle was the master story teller around the campfire. One time he had just gotten to the creepiest part of the story when coyotes started howling. No movie has ever made me jump that high!

Oy!

It would be very easy for you to scare the crap out of me if I was your houseguest.

I like that story about your uncle.

I scared the daylights out of my mom, sister and sis' friend one night when they watched Fire in the Sky. Set a good booby trap for 'em. I just wish I had caught their reaction on camera!

I'm betting they jumped just as high as you did.

Speaking of aliens yet again, did you see Signs? That movie scared me really good. For three weeks I was scared to go outside and night and if I had to go to the barn I was terrified "they" might be around. Any little noise in the bushes and I was off like a roadrunner.

Do you live anywhere close to Ann Rule?

I think my Jack Russell Idgie would take on Bigfoot if he dared to come in our yard. She seems to think she can take on any other larger creature that has fur, including my son-in-law who has a rather unfortunately scruffy beard right now. Hopefully it will fill in and Idgie won't think she is taking on a Yeti any more.

I do live sort of close to Ann Rule. I think Ann still lives in Seattle (or near it) and I live about 60 miles north of Seattle now but I grew up very near the city and went to college there. I've read several of her books. The best and creepiest was The Stranger Beside Me about Ted Bundy. I never could read Small Sacrifices because I had a child by the time it came out. I just couldn't imagine a mother being able to do that.

Signs and other movies like those are the type of suspense movies that I love to watch. Hitchcock movies are some of my all time favorites.