Good advice, thus far, as I knew it would be.
Moving is problematic. The house needs a great deal of work and,
aside from this, you see, it is the only home I have ever owned and
I've lived in it for almost 24 years. So why is that significant?
Growing up, my train wreck of a family moved constantly. Never
attended the same elementary school two years in a row (often
attended two or three the same year). Never knew where I belonged.
Having a home of my own this long is not something I am willing to
surrender, so willingly, because of one crazy person.
Child services has been contacted before, by others in the
neighborhood and they have been out at least twice that I know of,
but CPS here in the Carolinas is about as useless as you know what
on a warthog. They talk a good game but do nothing.
What's nuts is that the woman has family in the area and she told
me, some time ago, that her family is fairly well to do. She also
has multitudes of friends who come by all the time. It isn't like
she has no support. She does. I guess she just saw me as a soft
touch. She isn't dumb and knows I'd have a weak spot for kids,
given my profession.
And Yes, Ed, I'm keenly aware of what you say. Others have said the
same thing. I've taken to keeping my storm door locked, at all
times, even when my front door is open, as the woman has twice just
opened my door and walked in. She's not shy.
She's on probation and thus wants no more run ins with the law.
She's come nowhere near me in a couple of weeks. Neither have her
children.
I'm hoping the issue is resolved, but whenever I heard my front
doorbell ring, I take my cellphone out and get ready to video tape
whoever is there.
Hell of a way to have to live.......
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