Feb 10, 2006 21:43
I was at target in the office supply section (looking for mechanical pencils) and this female enters the aisle, and... okay, I'll go back and forth throughout this whole entry, probably...
It looked like Kellie. It was possibly her, but it might not have been. This is what she looked like:
She was significantly bigger than I remember her, and bigger than in that photo that I posted. She looked heavier; she was wearing... a white long sleeved shirt, baggy jeans, and one of those black belts with metal squares on them, or something... She had shoulder-length hair, or perhaps a little longer. She had a beanie-type thing on her head, except it had a lid too. She had a piercing on her bottom lip. Was it her? I'm not sure, but it certainly looked like her. There was no child with her.
Accompanying her were two ladies unfamiliar to me. One was Caucasian, and shorter than "Kellie," and old, like a grandmother figure. She had short, curly red hair, and glasses. The other was a larger woman, taller and heavier than the other two, with black hair. She was probably caucasian although she could pass for possibly Mexican, or I don't know, I really don't know. She also had glasses, but she was obviously younger than the old woman. I don't know who they were. Then again, was it Kellie? Sigh. Those are the physicalities.
Here are other questions in my mind. Why would she come to the MORENO VALLEY TARGET? Isn't that too much of a risk? Then again, maybe she just tricked these ladies into buying her a bunch of stuff so she agreed to whatever they wanted so as not to act suspiscious. I bought some things, and dropped them off in my car. Then I sat in my car looking at the exit, waiting for them to come out, but then a large car parked so it blocked my view. I headed in and I was going to sit down at the front, the Pizza Hut place, and wait, but here's a twist: They were there, ordering food. I decided to stay out of sight. There was another question: What the EFF should I do? Should I let her see me and see how she reacts? Should I lay low and not be seen? Should I follow them?
Well, I watched from afar. Here's something interesting: The two ladies sat and ate, and she stood up and ate. I kept thinking... maybe she's on the lookout. Perhaps she saw me, and was waiting for ME to leave first. Maybe she was looking out for us, because after all, she was at the MORENO VALLEY TARGET, which still baffles me, so maybe it wasn't her. But maybe it was? Why was she standing up while eating? ALSO, she kept getting refills. That's another sign that it was her, because seriously, knowing her, she doesn't know the next time she'll get a good meal, so she was probably trying to fill up.
I haven't seen her since, July, of some year... If I had to guess, I'd guess 2004, but... that seems way long ago. Let's see, they got married December 2002, Jr was born October 2003, she cheated him in July, but was it 2004? It had to have been. It couldn't have been 2005, that was too recent. So, I haven't seen her since July 2004 (I guess). I could've been mistaken, but the thing is, also, I COULD HAVE BEEN NOT MISTAKEN.
I needed a 2nd pair of eyes damn it, I NEEDED A 2ND PAIR OF EYES! I immediately called my brother, but he was indisposed, on his way to Long Beach. I was on my own, and I blame no one, it wasn't a planned situation, and I wasn't even sure. But the thing is, I felt so stupid, so frikkin useless! Here I am, asking the world to be on the lookout, when I couldn't even do it, when supposedly I should be an authority figure in this whole mess! I mean, obviously my brother is the head of the search team, but come on, the kid's uncle should be at the top as well, and I could do NOTHING.
I waited until they exited, and I exited swiftly after. I ran to my car, but EFF! I drove over there, and completely lost them. You know, I have to admit, I felt like some sort of detective, and I also have to admit, that ish is hard. They weren't walking very fast, and still, I lost them. I wasn't thinking clearly... My motive was... I wanted to drive to their car, get the license plate number at LEAST, then follow them. Follow them where? WHO KNOWS!? I didn't know what I was doing! What I THINK I SHOULD have done, was walk from afar and follow them to their car, and AT LEAST get the license plate number, if ANYTHING. But NOPE, I didn't get anything, nothing, I didn't have a camera, I didn't see their car, or their license plate number. I can keep wishing I had an accomplice but... I had limited options, I should have stayed calm and thought better of what to do. Sigh.
"Maybe it wasn't her." BUT WHAT IF IT WAS!? I just lost an opportune chance to bring my brother's child back to him, and I failed, and it was no one's fault but my own, I had an opportunity, and the only thing that came out was NOTHING, FAILURE. I don't know if it was her. But it could've been. It could have been. We could've gotten closer, but... Nothing progressed tonight. That's all we want, isn't it? Progress? Getting closer to getting him back? Whatever. Maybe I should become a cop. Then we'd have someone on the INSIDE, so we'd actually get HELP when we asked for it, and plus I'd frikkin know what to do when placed in a situation such as today's. Lame.