Ruined It
Friday was payday and I couldn't wait all day to go Halloween shopping and have a few or more well deserved drinks after. I have been SO happy that Fall is here, crisp mornings enjoyed with coffee and a cigarette on the back porch ready me for the day in a way that cannot be described. I have been itching to finally decorate the house/yard and shop for some new stuff.
I was so busy at work it seemed like it was 3pm before I even blinked. This day Ashleigh was going to walk home after school and be by herself until I got off work at 4. She usually stays with a neighbor, but she went out of town Thursday night. Ashleigh is old enough and responsible enough, I felt OK with this arrangement, especially since I am literally 7 minutes from home.
I get a call from my mom and while I am talking to her an unknown number shows so I ignore it. It had to have been maybe a minute later and Ashleigh is now calling. I see that the unknown number has left a message, but I take the call from Ashleigh first. She is absolutely panicked and in tears.
There is this woman, Adrian, who dated Ashleigh's dad years ago. She was with him the last time that he ever saw Ashleigh, which was for Christmas and that was in 2002. She made the trip down from Kansas with him, where they were living, to get Ashleigh.
She has called the house phone and left a message about a girl that he had dated right before her. This girl had gone missing back in 2006. On the answering machine she is saying that she has a gut feeling that he has something to do with it. Ashleigh is hearing all of this. She goes on to say that because of comments he made in the past about me, she is now afraid for me and Ashleigh. Ashleigh picks up the phone because she remembers Adrian and tells her to call my cell phone, which was the unknown number from before. I get Ashleigh calmed down and by this time I am leaving work in 10 minutes anyway.
The fuck? I call Adrian right back and proceed to chew her ass out. I understand she didn't know that Ashleigh was home, but that's not something you say on an answering machine, anyway.
The story goes that he was dating this girl, Michelle, and had moved her from Houston to Wichita. In the meantime, he comes down here for whatever reason and meets Adrian. He takes Adrian back to Wichita because apparently he and Michelle have broken up. They get back home and Michelle is at his house moving her things out. Adrian meets Michelle. I guess later that night Michelle came back with 2 of her brothers and their fists met his face. He made comments about getting back at her, that 'it might take a few years, but I will get even with her.' This is why Adrian feels he has something to do with her disappearance. I guess they broke up sometime in 2003 and Adrian came back to Houston. She got a real good dose of what an ass he can be, got a restraining order and left. She has since married and is working in the Medical Center downtown.
I guess this came back up again because this Michelle girl, at one time, was married to an abuser....other than Ashleigh's dad. The story there is that he was in prison for domestic abuse at the time of her disappearance and is getting out this week or already got out and is trying to get custody of their son. The police are still actively investigating and are calling it a murder case. The family of Michelle think that even though he was in prison, he is somehow connected.
So what the hell. I now had this to cloud and confuse my happy Halloween and alcohol filled thoughts.
Do I think I am in danger? I have always been in danger when it comes to that fucked up head case. He has kept his distance for the last 6 years, never calls or sees her, pays child support sporadically and that is fine with me. I do know that one thing that kept him at bay a bit was the fact that my father would not hesitate to put a bullet through his head....and he knew it. I don't think he knows that Dad died, I hope he doesn't.
How do I feel about this whole thing? I have no idea. Sadly, a part of me would not at all be surprised if he was involved. I know him better than anyone, spent 5 years too many with him and got the fuck out while I still could. He is fucking crazy, I will say that.
I have no idea what Adrian thinks she is going to do. She wanted to know if I had any contact info for him, but I don't because, of course, he doesn't comply with the court order. I only have his last place of work address. She says she is going to call the Wichita police and tell them all of her horror stories and to be honest, this girl is a kinda whack-job herself, in my opinion. She also claims to know a 'major person' in the Houston Arian Brotherhood Chapter (which he is rumored to be a part of) and says that he would be killed by them if they knew where he was because he 'ran out' on them and apparently they don't like that. She says that she is going to contact them and also the family of this Michelle girl and let them know about him.
WHAT.THE.FUCK.EVER.
Adrian says she still has all of his passwords to his email and other stuff and she is going to snoop. She also knows that he stays in contact with some girl that lives in a town about 10 or 15 miles from here. How the hell does she know that? She claims friends of friends. Could be...who knows.
I need to investigate this whole Michelle thing. I need CSI or my Saints, dammit,.
I was so busy at work it seemed like it was 3pm before I even blinked. This day Ashleigh was going to walk home after school and be by herself until I got off work at 4. She usually stays with a neighbor, but she went out of town Thursday night. Ashleigh is old enough and responsible enough, I felt OK with this arrangement, especially since I am literally 7 minutes from home.
I get a call from my mom and while I am talking to her an unknown number shows so I ignore it. It had to have been maybe a minute later and Ashleigh is now calling. I see that the unknown number has left a message, but I take the call from Ashleigh first. She is absolutely panicked and in tears.
There is this woman, Adrian, who dated Ashleigh's dad years ago. She was with him the last time that he ever saw Ashleigh, which was for Christmas and that was in 2002. She made the trip down from Kansas with him, where they were living, to get Ashleigh.
She has called the house phone and left a message about a girl that he had dated right before her. This girl had gone missing back in 2006. On the answering machine she is saying that she has a gut feeling that he has something to do with it. Ashleigh is hearing all of this. She goes on to say that because of comments he made in the past about me, she is now afraid for me and Ashleigh. Ashleigh picks up the phone because she remembers Adrian and tells her to call my cell phone, which was the unknown number from before. I get Ashleigh calmed down and by this time I am leaving work in 10 minutes anyway.
The fuck? I call Adrian right back and proceed to chew her ass out. I understand she didn't know that Ashleigh was home, but that's not something you say on an answering machine, anyway.
The story goes that he was dating this girl, Michelle, and had moved her from Houston to Wichita. In the meantime, he comes down here for whatever reason and meets Adrian. He takes Adrian back to Wichita because apparently he and Michelle have broken up. They get back home and Michelle is at his house moving her things out. Adrian meets Michelle. I guess later that night Michelle came back with 2 of her brothers and their fists met his face. He made comments about getting back at her, that 'it might take a few years, but I will get even with her.' This is why Adrian feels he has something to do with her disappearance. I guess they broke up sometime in 2003 and Adrian came back to Houston. She got a real good dose of what an ass he can be, got a restraining order and left. She has since married and is working in the Medical Center downtown.
I guess this came back up again because this Michelle girl, at one time, was married to an abuser....other than Ashleigh's dad. The story there is that he was in prison for domestic abuse at the time of her disappearance and is getting out this week or already got out and is trying to get custody of their son. The police are still actively investigating and are calling it a murder case. The family of Michelle think that even though he was in prison, he is somehow connected.
So what the hell. I now had this to cloud and confuse my happy Halloween and alcohol filled thoughts.
Do I think I am in danger? I have always been in danger when it comes to that fucked up head case. He has kept his distance for the last 6 years, never calls or sees her, pays child support sporadically and that is fine with me. I do know that one thing that kept him at bay a bit was the fact that my father would not hesitate to put a bullet through his head....and he knew it. I don't think he knows that Dad died, I hope he doesn't.
How do I feel about this whole thing? I have no idea. Sadly, a part of me would not at all be surprised if he was involved. I know him better than anyone, spent 5 years too many with him and got the fuck out while I still could. He is fucking crazy, I will say that.
I have no idea what Adrian thinks she is going to do. She wanted to know if I had any contact info for him, but I don't because, of course, he doesn't comply with the court order. I only have his last place of work address. She says she is going to call the Wichita police and tell them all of her horror stories and to be honest, this girl is a kinda whack-job herself, in my opinion. She also claims to know a 'major person' in the Houston Arian Brotherhood Chapter (which he is rumored to be a part of) and says that he would be killed by them if they knew where he was because he 'ran out' on them and apparently they don't like that. She says that she is going to contact them and also the family of this Michelle girl and let them know about him.
WHAT.THE.FUCK.EVER.
Adrian says she still has all of his passwords to his email and other stuff and she is going to snoop. She also knows that he stays in contact with some girl that lives in a town about 10 or 15 miles from here. How the hell does she know that? She claims friends of friends. Could be...who knows.
I need to investigate this whole Michelle thing. I need CSI or my Saints, dammit,.