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Okay, things are confusing. Chronologically:
19th: he asked me to leave so his daughter could hold her birthday party in my room, but he refused to reimburse me for the days I'd be leaving early. I e-mailed him later that day, saying that no matter how bad I felt for his daughter, I couldn't afford leaving without that money and that he was asking too much of me. He replied that he hadn't expected otherwise from me, that the police + technical detective had been by that day and confirmed that the thieves hadn't come in by force, that they'd advised him to change the locks and that he didn't think I felt responsible for any of that, despite me losing my key. [I did not lose my key. It was taking out of my bag, off my keychain, out of my room while I was showering, two weeks ago. When I asked him about it, he told me I'd have to pay for replacement locks. I refused. Now he's suggesting it again - I "lost" my key so I should pay for new locks. Suffice to say he has no legal grounds - he doesn't have to change the locks and I did not lose the key. All a ploy to get more money out of me? Probably.]
23rd: I'd spent the night at my parents' house and was out that day working on a job. During the day he called my father, saying he'd found his laptop in his garage and he wanted to talk to him and saying I'd done it. He did not e-mail, call, text or try to contact me in any way. My father told him outright through the phone that he wasn't coming without me, that he couldn't get away with this and that he knew all along that it was a ploy of the man himself. My father called me to tell me, I called my boyfriend and hurried to my father. Me and my father went to the house to speak to the man at around seven in the evening. Maybe he'd realised he wouldn't get away with it, or maybe he chickened out, but he was sitting at the table in the living room, seemingly desolate, and said he had no idea what was going on. He claims he found his laptop in one of his old moving boxes in the garage, somewhere he hasn't looked in months or maybe years - apparently his deceased wife's things are in those boxes. He said he didn't think I'd done it because it would mean I'd have made my own jewelry disappear, and he knew me well enough to know these sorts of things aren't in my personality. He half-seriously said that there were ghosts in the house. My father made it very clear that he didn't think there'd been thieves in the house at all, because no thief would leave a laptop in a box in the garage of the person he's stealing from. The man agreed. We went over it again: the only ones who have a key to the house are his sister and his maid. The laptop is mainly used by his fourteen-year-old for her school work. He has now lost nothing but money, whereas I've lost a MacBook, money and jewelry/heirlooms. Their jewelry (deceased wife's and daughters') and two other laptops were left untouched, while they weren't hidden. My money was in a laundry basket, the box with my jewelry was hidden somewhere else and the MacBook was also out of sight, while my regular laptop was untouched. We pointed out how illogical it is that my room was meticulously searched and his rooms hadn't been. He did not blame me in my face; he actually said a few times that he didn't think it was me, and that he was absolutely sure that he or his daughters or his maid hadn't done it. His sister had been with him that day, he said.
I went away with my father, went to my boyfriend and then back to my parents to sleep there because I didn't want to be in my room on my own. After that night I took my boyfriend along with me again and these two nights he's constantly been with me. The man and his daughters don't talk to me, don't reply when I greet.
Last night I came home late and he was just going up the stairs - he was suddenly very talkative, greeting and saying he'd just locked the door to go to bed, wondering if I'd heard him lock the door while I was outside because it was just a few moments before I came in, and bidding us goodnight. He seemed drunk.
Today I woke up because there were people loudly talking downstairs. I heard it was about me, I heard the voices of him, his eldest, a policeman and later on also his maid. They were talking about me leaving, he was suggesting I was the thief, the policeman asked if I was a native Dutch girl or an immigrant, the policeman asked why he couldn't lock the doors to their rooms so I couldn't come in. They discussed what to do if I didn't leave this Tuesday - something about enforcement officers and calling the police.
He's in for a surprise if he thinks I'm leaving this Tuesday (May 31st) - he had to give me a written notice at least three months in advance, and he sent the first on March 3rd. So that would mean I have till June 3rd. However, he took it back the next day, saying he didn't want me to leave. A few days later he came back on his word again, and e-mailed me (March 9th) once more that I had to leave. I just called legaladvicenumber to check - contracts end or begin at the beginning of a month, so I don't have to leave before July 1st. Even if that wasn't the case, I wouldn't have to leave until June 9th. Of course I don't want to stay. I'm just checking out my options and making sure I have any. Still househunting. My parents are against Breda because it's next to the border to Belgium and there are a lot of criminals in border cities. Still searching, still searching.
19th: he asked me to leave so his daughter could hold her birthday party in my room, but he refused to reimburse me for the days I'd be leaving early. I e-mailed him later that day, saying that no matter how bad I felt for his daughter, I couldn't afford leaving without that money and that he was asking too much of me. He replied that he hadn't expected otherwise from me, that the police + technical detective had been by that day and confirmed that the thieves hadn't come in by force, that they'd advised him to change the locks and that he didn't think I felt responsible for any of that, despite me losing my key. [I did not lose my key. It was taking out of my bag, off my keychain, out of my room while I was showering, two weeks ago. When I asked him about it, he told me I'd have to pay for replacement locks. I refused. Now he's suggesting it again - I "lost" my key so I should pay for new locks. Suffice to say he has no legal grounds - he doesn't have to change the locks and I did not lose the key. All a ploy to get more money out of me? Probably.]
23rd: I'd spent the night at my parents' house and was out that day working on a job. During the day he called my father, saying he'd found his laptop in his garage and he wanted to talk to him and saying I'd done it. He did not e-mail, call, text or try to contact me in any way. My father told him outright through the phone that he wasn't coming without me, that he couldn't get away with this and that he knew all along that it was a ploy of the man himself. My father called me to tell me, I called my boyfriend and hurried to my father. Me and my father went to the house to speak to the man at around seven in the evening. Maybe he'd realised he wouldn't get away with it, or maybe he chickened out, but he was sitting at the table in the living room, seemingly desolate, and said he had no idea what was going on. He claims he found his laptop in one of his old moving boxes in the garage, somewhere he hasn't looked in months or maybe years - apparently his deceased wife's things are in those boxes. He said he didn't think I'd done it because it would mean I'd have made my own jewelry disappear, and he knew me well enough to know these sorts of things aren't in my personality. He half-seriously said that there were ghosts in the house. My father made it very clear that he didn't think there'd been thieves in the house at all, because no thief would leave a laptop in a box in the garage of the person he's stealing from. The man agreed. We went over it again: the only ones who have a key to the house are his sister and his maid. The laptop is mainly used by his fourteen-year-old for her school work. He has now lost nothing but money, whereas I've lost a MacBook, money and jewelry/heirlooms. Their jewelry (deceased wife's and daughters') and two other laptops were left untouched, while they weren't hidden. My money was in a laundry basket, the box with my jewelry was hidden somewhere else and the MacBook was also out of sight, while my regular laptop was untouched. We pointed out how illogical it is that my room was meticulously searched and his rooms hadn't been. He did not blame me in my face; he actually said a few times that he didn't think it was me, and that he was absolutely sure that he or his daughters or his maid hadn't done it. His sister had been with him that day, he said.
I went away with my father, went to my boyfriend and then back to my parents to sleep there because I didn't want to be in my room on my own. After that night I took my boyfriend along with me again and these two nights he's constantly been with me. The man and his daughters don't talk to me, don't reply when I greet.
Last night I came home late and he was just going up the stairs - he was suddenly very talkative, greeting and saying he'd just locked the door to go to bed, wondering if I'd heard him lock the door while I was outside because it was just a few moments before I came in, and bidding us goodnight. He seemed drunk.
Today I woke up because there were people loudly talking downstairs. I heard it was about me, I heard the voices of him, his eldest, a policeman and later on also his maid. They were talking about me leaving, he was suggesting I was the thief, the policeman asked if I was a native Dutch girl or an immigrant, the policeman asked why he couldn't lock the doors to their rooms so I couldn't come in. They discussed what to do if I didn't leave this Tuesday - something about enforcement officers and calling the police.
He's in for a surprise if he thinks I'm leaving this Tuesday (May 31st) - he had to give me a written notice at least three months in advance, and he sent the first on March 3rd. So that would mean I have till June 3rd. However, he took it back the next day, saying he didn't want me to leave. A few days later he came back on his word again, and e-mailed me (March 9th) once more that I had to leave. I just called legaladvicenumber to check - contracts end or begin at the beginning of a month, so I don't have to leave before July 1st. Even if that wasn't the case, I wouldn't have to leave until June 9th. Of course I don't want to stay. I'm just checking out my options and making sure I have any. Still househunting. My parents are against Breda because it's next to the border to Belgium and there are a lot of criminals in border cities. Still searching, still searching.