"I Used A Dating Site Once. NEVER AGAIN" [NoSleep] (X-MAS SPECIAL 2016)

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greetings my fellow units now it is time that<font color="#E5E5E5"> we consolidate our forces</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and take</font> over<font color="#E5E5E5"> the world no no no don't do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> there's already a bunch of<font color="#E5E5E5"> other people</font> already<font color="#E5E5E5"> trying to do that anyways what's</font> up everyone<font color="#CCCCCC"> before the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> video begins</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> wanted to wish everyone happy<font color="#CCCCCC"> holidays</font> Merry<font color="#E5E5E5"> Christmas Happy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Hanukkah happy</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">satanic worshiping sacrifice ritual day</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">whatever it is you celebrate</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I hope all</font> of you stay safe and have a really<font color="#E5E5E5"> good</font> time<font color="#CCCCCC"> today I want to give a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> very big</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thank you to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Lady White Rabbit and all</font> the other guests who<font color="#CCCCCC"> are featured in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> video I'll</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> leave links</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> all their</font> channels<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the description</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> guys</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">can</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> check them out</font> today's story isn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> going to be</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Christmas themed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because I figured every</font> other narrator was going to be<font color="#CCCCCC"> doing</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> today so here on the unit 522</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">channel we're going to be doing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> things a</font> little<font color="#E5E5E5"> different I did do a Christmas</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">story</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> video this past Friday which</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> pretty<font color="#E5E5E5"> good I think</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so check that out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> if</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you haven't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> already so again happy</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">holidays everyone and thanks</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tuning</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> and joy</font> I'd never tried online dating<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'd never</font> had a reason<font color="#CCCCCC"> to usually my luck with</font> guys was pretty decent<font color="#CCCCCC"> and even when it</font> wasn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> I was just fine doing my own</font> thing<font color="#E5E5E5"> after my last relationship fizzled</font> out<font color="#CCCCCC"> I decided to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> avoid playing the</font> dating<font color="#CCCCCC"> game for a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> while</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I had other</font> things<font color="#CCCCCC"> I wanted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to devote my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> energy to</font> like the promotion at work<font color="#E5E5E5"> that was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">being dangled promising Lee in front of</font> me awhile<font color="#CCCCCC"> turned into a few years of</font> chronic singledom which was apparently <font color="#E5E5E5">being an issue to everyone but me and</font> before<font color="#CCCCCC"> I knew it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was pushing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> spinsterhood at the ripe old age of<font color="#E5E5E5"> 29</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my family and friends had the good grace</font> not<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bring up their concerns directly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but when mom started</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mentioning nice</font> young men she'd met at church<font color="#CCCCCC"> I knew</font> things were getting critical<font color="#E5E5E5"> besides it</font> had been kind of a long time hadn't it before mom could start handing<font color="#E5E5E5"> out my</font> number<font color="#E5E5E5"> like Halloween candy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> took the</font> initiative<font color="#E5E5E5"> to log on to one of those</font> free dating sites<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> set up a profile</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> wasn't expecting much<font color="#CCCCCC"> we didn't exactly</font> live in the big city<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I felt</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'd</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">exhausted my pool of eligible bachelors</font> who might interest me<font color="#E5E5E5"> but I could at</font> least<font color="#E5E5E5"> point to it as a sign</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of my effort</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> rekindle my love life I set up a few</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">rules regarding who I might respond to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">no 1 or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 2 worded messages</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> his profile</font> had to be<font color="#E5E5E5"> completely filled out there</font> had to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be at least a couple common</font> interests he had to have more than one picture<font color="#CCCCCC"> I even included</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> these rules on</font> my page simple right still got a<font color="#E5E5E5"> variety</font> of messages ranging from hey baby<font color="#CCCCCC"> - you</font> look hot what's your number and my faith in the internet dating<font color="#E5E5E5"> dwindled even</font> more<font color="#E5E5E5"> I did go out with a couple</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of guys</font> but it felt forced and awkward and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> always left early with<font color="#CCCCCC"> some half-hearted</font> excuse the guys<font color="#E5E5E5"> must have got my message</font> because they never tried to<font color="#E5E5E5"> call again</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">on the car ride home</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from another failed</font> attempt that ended with a mid date - I called my best friend and filled her in so what's wrong with<font color="#E5E5E5"> this one</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Ava asked as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> soon as she answered he was</font> fine<font color="#CCCCCC"> I said</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just really awkward</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he's</font> never<font color="#E5E5E5"> even kissed a girl</font> he said he's waiting for a fairytale moment you<font color="#CCCCCC"> sure know how</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to pick him</font> Jules<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was good-looking and funny</font> through<font color="#E5E5E5"> text that's how they get</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ya</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she</font> laughed we chatted until I got<font color="#E5E5E5"> home and I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> told</font> her I had to<font color="#E5E5E5"> go make dinner</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you wouldn't</font> have you'd stuck it out<font color="#E5E5E5"> uh-huh</font> I'll keep that in<font color="#CCCCCC"> mind tell Pete I said</font> hi<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I'm still</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> waiting for him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to wise</font> up<font color="#E5E5E5"> and leave you so we can run away</font> together<font color="#CCCCCC"> making dinner actually</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> meant</font> eating<font color="#E5E5E5"> the leftover</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Chinese I was still</font> in<font color="#CCCCCC"> my fridge</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for my last date night</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> quick<font color="#E5E5E5"> change into my comfiest oversized</font> pajamas and I was ready<font color="#E5E5E5"> for an evening</font> of Netflix binging on<font color="#CCCCCC"> a whim I logged</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">onto the dating site first and I saw</font> that I<font color="#CCCCCC"> had some new messages reliable</font> guy<font color="#E5E5E5"> 81 said I looks like I was the kind</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of girl who enjoyed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> having fun winky</font> face delete the Dan man just asked if I wanted<font color="#CCCCCC"> to chat</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> delete ready to make it</font> three<font color="#CCCCCC"> four</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> three I clicked on the</font> message from I'm<font color="#CCCCCC"> not good at this dating</font> thing<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was surprised to see that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> actually had something<font color="#E5E5E5"> to say hi mother</font> of puppies<font color="#CCCCCC"> my name is Scott and as the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">username</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> implies I'm not really good at</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this whole dating thing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I saw your</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> name though and thought it</font> kind<font color="#E5E5E5"> of seemed like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a reference</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to my</font> favorite show<font color="#E5E5E5"> so I checked your profile</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">another game of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Thrones fan</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not that</font> that's<font color="#E5E5E5"> really rare</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but it's always</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nice</font> to see his mother of dragons your favorite character<font color="#E5E5E5"> okay so we had a</font> common<font color="#CCCCCC"> interest he was trying to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">initiate a real conversation with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> question and he could write properly <font color="#CCCCCC">good start</font> interested I<font color="#E5E5E5"> went to his profile and</font> read<font color="#E5E5E5"> through his bio</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he lived in the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">next town over and he was a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> PhD</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> student</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">working on a degree</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> English</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">literature his</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> focus being medieval lit</font> if that wasn't dorky enough he loved attending renaissance festivals in costume<font color="#E5E5E5"> going to conventions and reading</font> whatever<font color="#E5E5E5"> fantasy novels he could get his</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hand on his</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> picture showed him as being</font> a<font color="#E5E5E5"> tall man</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with a mop of reddish-brown</font> hair<font color="#CCCCCC"> glasses and cheerful smile</font> a little on<font color="#E5E5E5"> the nerdy side but</font> definitely cute I shot a response and I returned to my<font color="#E5E5E5"> previously scheduled</font> plans with Jessica Jones<font color="#CCCCCC"> it was late by</font> the time<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was ready for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but I was</font> curious<font color="#E5E5E5"> as to whether or not he had</font> replied<font color="#E5E5E5"> sure enough when I checked the</font> envelope had turned red and<font color="#E5E5E5"> a message</font> from<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm not good at this dating thing</font> was waiting for<font color="#E5E5E5"> me thanks for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the answer</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Julianne</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm going to have her</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> disagree</font> and say that<font color="#CCCCCC"> Tyrion is the best and</font> should be the one ruling over the Seven Kingdoms <font color="#E5E5E5">you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> watched Jessica Jones</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cool</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I haven't</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">seen it yet but I've heard good things I</font> might<font color="#E5E5E5"> have to check it out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> any other</font> recommendations<font color="#CCCCCC"> our TV talk eventually</font> branched into<font color="#E5E5E5"> other subjects other</font> hobbies jobs pets families<font color="#CCCCCC"> Scott</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was an</font> only<font color="#E5E5E5"> child</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he dreamed of one day</font> traveling the world<font color="#E5E5E5"> but ideally he'd</font> always<font color="#E5E5E5"> return</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to his town to be near his</font> parents<font color="#CCCCCC"> as they were close</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was</font> charming<font color="#E5E5E5"> and respectful and steamed</font> genuinely interested in what<font color="#CCCCCC"> I had to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">say we gradually moved from the dating</font> site to a chat app and then when I felt <font color="#CCCCCC">comfortable enough</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a month later or so</font> treated numbers every<font color="#CCCCCC"> time my phone</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">chirped with a new text or a train with</font> his name flashing<font color="#CCCCCC"> across the screen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> giddy thrill would shoot through me I felt<font color="#E5E5E5"> like a high school girl with a</font> crush<font color="#E5E5E5"> when I received a text at work</font> saying he had<font color="#E5E5E5"> been in a bad car accident</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I immediately tried to call he didn't</font> answer and it was<font color="#CCCCCC"> almost 45 minutes</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">before I next</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> heard from him</font> he sent another text saying<font color="#CCCCCC"> that he was</font> on<font color="#E5E5E5"> his way to the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hospital but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he called</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">me when he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had a chance</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was wracked</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">with a concern and horribly distracted</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">while I waited I don't think I actually</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">got anything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> done</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but luckily my</font> supervisor didn't seem to notice I went home and sat<font color="#CCCCCC"> at my computer desk with</font> the idea that watching something<font color="#E5E5E5"> might</font> distract me but<font color="#CCCCCC"> I spent</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the whole</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time</font> staring<font color="#E5E5E5"> at and checking my phone finally</font> at<font color="#E5E5E5"> almost 11:00 he sent me a picture of</font> himself in<font color="#E5E5E5"> a hospital</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bed with a few</font> band-aids<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his face and his sling on</font> his arm<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was still smiling though and</font> he said that he'd be on<font color="#E5E5E5"> his</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> way home</font> shortly<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was so relieved that he was</font> okay<font color="#CCCCCC"> but I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> still told him that he was an</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ass for making me worry like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> let me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">make it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to you how let me take you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">dinner</font> you said you wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to try the Italian</font> restaurant<font color="#CCCCCC"> buy me that I told</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you about</font> right<font color="#E5E5E5"> I hesitated sure I'd had a lot of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">fun talking to him and I thought I</font> really<font color="#CCCCCC"> liked him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but what if it changed</font> in person he must have<font color="#E5E5E5"> interpreted in my extended</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">silence as discomfort because it</font> followed up with only<font color="#CCCCCC"> if you want</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">okay if you don't</font> well that's<font color="#CCCCCC"> cinched it for me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> let's do</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it the only problem I had with the</font> arrangement is that<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'd have to pick him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">up his car had been totaled in the</font> accident<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> had no way of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> getting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the restaurant</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I told him that it made</font> me a little uncomfortable since it was our<font color="#E5E5E5"> first</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time meeting so we agreed that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I could stay</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in my car</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and call him when</font> I arrived<font color="#CCCCCC"> that way you can always drive</font> off if something<font color="#E5E5E5"> doesn't feel right</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or</font> if you just<font color="#E5E5E5"> don't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> way I look he</font> said because<font color="#E5E5E5"> I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> going to his house I</font> told Ava<font color="#E5E5E5"> everything about the date and</font> made sure<font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> copies of a few of his</font> pictures his full name<font color="#E5E5E5"> his address</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> the restaurant address before<font color="#CCCCCC"> I left we</font> scheduled a<font color="#CCCCCC"> checkup</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> text for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ten</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> minutes</font> past<font color="#E5E5E5"> the hour</font> I'd have five ministers<font color="#E5E5E5"> spawned with our</font> code word for<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's all good</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or she'd</font> call the police and<font color="#E5E5E5"> tell</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> them</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> something</font> was wrong<font color="#CCCCCC"> I felt I had taken decent</font> precautions so<font color="#CCCCCC"> I dolled myself up and headed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out to</font> make the half hour drive<font color="#CCCCCC"> to Scotts</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> his</font> house was exactly as he described it<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> recognized the tall oak with a tire swing that he told<font color="#E5E5E5"> me to look out for</font> and pulled<font color="#E5E5E5"> over butterflies swarmed in</font> my<font color="#E5E5E5"> stomach and I took</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a few steady</font> breaths<font color="#E5E5E5"> before I called him the phone</font> rang once and<font color="#CCCCCC"> immediately went to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">voicemail i frowned at my cell like it</font> was at fault<font color="#CCCCCC"> and tried again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> same result</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I leaned over to the passenger side</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I peered at the house</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lights</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> were on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so</font> someone was home<font color="#CCCCCC"> a third call</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> still no</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">answer I texted Ava to let her know I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was there but something was fishy she</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">told me to get out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of there but I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">getting mad</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I come all this way I</font> deserved an answer<font color="#CCCCCC"> I got out of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my car</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and I marched up to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the front door green</font> like he had said and rang<font color="#CCCCCC"> the doorbell I</font> heard some voices<font color="#CCCCCC"> within and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> then put</font> steps<font color="#CCCCCC"> a woman in her 50s</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> open the door</font> just<font color="#CCCCCC"> enough to poke her head</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out she</font> didn't look like she<font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">visitors hi</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I said awkwardly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm here</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> Scott</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> um</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he told me 35</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> maple wood</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> think you've got the wrong house there's no Scott here<font color="#E5E5E5"> as she moved to</font> close the door I held out a hand<font color="#CCCCCC"> wait</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> do</font> you<font color="#CCCCCC"> know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this guy she I balled me</font> suspiciously as I reached<font color="#E5E5E5"> into my purse</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> my phone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I pulled up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> picture</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Scott</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one in which he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was sitting on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">kitchen counter with a cat</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in his lap</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> I held it out to her</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> very</font> still<font color="#E5E5E5"> the color in her cheeks dulled to</font> a<font color="#E5E5E5"> grayish hue and she looked from the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">phone to me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and then back again where</font> did you<font color="#E5E5E5"> get</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Scott sent it to me</font> saying it was him<font color="#CCCCCC"> her voice was choked</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">well I'm sorry but that's not Scott his</font> name was David<font color="#E5E5E5"> and he passed away six</font> months<font color="#E5E5E5"> ago</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> are you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sure</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I mean maybe it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">just looks like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> him she scowled at me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and shook her head David was my son I</font> took that<font color="#CCCCCC"> picture</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> only weeks</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was murdered</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she stopped herself clearing her throat</font> and stepped back before<font color="#CCCCCC"> he was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> taken</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">from us</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> please excuse me the door was</font> slammed shut in<font color="#CCCCCC"> my face</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I climb back</font> into<font color="#E5E5E5"> my car</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bewildered hurt and very</font> confused<font color="#CCCCCC"> I tried to call Scott</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> again and</font> when that predictably failed <font color="#CCCCCC">I sent</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Ava</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a text</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that I was on my way</font> home and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'd fill her in later</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I even included the code word so she</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">know it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me the drive was long</font> silent and unsettling where was Scott who was<font color="#E5E5E5"> Scott why had he made me drive</font> all the way<font color="#E5E5E5"> out there to upset some poor</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">woman still grieving for her son the</font> more I thought about<font color="#E5E5E5"> it the angrier I</font> became he'd made a fool out<font color="#CCCCCC"> of me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for who knows</font> what reason and<font color="#E5E5E5"> now he was avoiding</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my usual spot outside</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my building was</font> occupied<font color="#E5E5E5"> so I was forced</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a park</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> across</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> street and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stomped the extra</font> distance<font color="#E5E5E5"> up to my apartment</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">unlocking my door my phone chirped</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I dug</font> roughly around<font color="#E5E5E5"> for it yanking it out a</font> message<font color="#CCCCCC"> from Scott practically snarling</font> over his behavior I unlocked the<font color="#E5E5E5"> phone</font> read his<font color="#E5E5E5"> text thanks for coming and</font> showing me the way<font color="#E5E5E5"> home I'll see you</font> soon<font color="#CCCCCC"> it was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> followed by</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a picture</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of me</font> from<font color="#E5E5E5"> only moments</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before walking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> into</font> the front door<font color="#CCCCCC"> of my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> apartment</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I held</font> the phone in both hands<font color="#E5E5E5"> and stared down</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at the picture for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a long moment the</font> truth of the situation<font color="#CCCCCC"> and the terrible</font> implications didn't sink in<font color="#CCCCCC"> right away</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it had to be my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> imagination or something</font> things like this didn't happen<font color="#E5E5E5"> in real</font> life at<font color="#E5E5E5"> least</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not my real life</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I studied the</font> picture again it was definitely<font color="#E5E5E5"> me in the same green</font> dress I was still standing<font color="#E5E5E5"> in and that</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> definitely</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my apartment building and</font> it<font color="#E5E5E5"> was definitely from Scott my stomach</font> lurched violently<font color="#CCCCCC"> like I'd been pitched</font> over the edge of<font color="#E5E5E5"> a tall cliff and I</font> clawed<font color="#CCCCCC"> through my bag to find</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my keys I</font> thought getting into my<font color="#CCCCCC"> apartment and</font> putting a deadbolt between me and the outside world<font color="#E5E5E5"> would bring some relief</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> instead I felt alone in a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> place that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">had somehow become too big with too many</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dark shadows</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I turned on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> every light</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> TV my computer whatever<font color="#CCCCCC"> I had that could</font> illuminate<font color="#E5E5E5"> and make noise and I sat</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> the middle<font color="#E5E5E5"> of my living</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> praying</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that my parents would pick up their</font> phone I almost started<font color="#E5E5E5"> sobbing at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> sound<font color="#E5E5E5"> of my dad's voice hey jolzi what's</font> up kid<font color="#E5E5E5"> can you and Mom come over there</font> was a short pause<font color="#CCCCCC"> what's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up kiddo</font> is everything<font color="#CCCCCC"> okay I couldn't keep</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font> crying anymore<font color="#CCCCCC"> I felt weak and childish</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">but I was terrified</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and at almost</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> thirty</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">years old all I wanted was my parents I</font> think<font color="#E5E5E5"> someone followed me home and is</font> still<font color="#E5E5E5"> sitting outside the building is</font> your door<font color="#CCCCCC"> locked</font> I made a sound<font color="#E5E5E5"> indicating it was good</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">call the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cops</font> now<font color="#CCCCCC"> we'll be there in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> five do not</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> open</font> the door<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anyone except me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> understand</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">another affirmative sniffle it's okay</font> honey you're<font color="#CCCCCC"> okay</font> we're on our<font color="#E5E5E5"> way before the call ended I</font> heard him say that<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was driving</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dialed 9-1-1 and repeated my story tears</font> and all<font color="#E5E5E5"> to a sympathetic dispatcher who</font> assured<font color="#CCCCCC"> me she had a car in route</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she</font> asked me if I<font color="#CCCCCC"> needed her stay on the</font> line by declined<font color="#CCCCCC"> I wasn't in immediate</font> danger and I wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to talk to my</font> parents<font color="#E5E5E5"> more than</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a string</font> you still<font color="#E5E5E5"> okay yes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the cops are coming</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">so is your brother we're</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> turning onto</font> your<font color="#CCCCCC"> street now so we'll be there in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a minute or two it was the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> longest</font> minute<font color="#E5E5E5"> or two I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> had ever experienced</font> I<font color="#CCCCCC"> paced</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the living room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> kitchen check the bathroom<font color="#E5E5E5"> including</font> behind the shower<font color="#E5E5E5"> curtain</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and made sure</font> both my linen closet<font color="#CCCCCC"> and my bedroom</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">closet doors were open a heavy knock</font> filled the apartment<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I ran to check</font> the people my<font color="#E5E5E5"> parents were standing on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> other</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> side</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> their face</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is drawn with</font> worry<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I rushed to get them inside</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just having them there made me feel</font> instantly<font color="#E5E5E5"> better and I was able to talk</font> them through<font color="#E5E5E5"> a Reader's Digest version</font> of my relationship<font color="#E5E5E5"> with a man who</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> called</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">himself Scott my brother showed up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">halfway through</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Chris with a metal</font> baseball bat<font color="#CCCCCC"> and Kyle with his hunting</font> rifle<font color="#E5E5E5"> dad acted less than thrilled with</font> their choice to<font color="#CCCCCC"> bring weapons and made</font> them put them<font color="#CCCCCC"> away before</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> police</font> showed up<font color="#CCCCCC"> but I could tell that it was</font> only because he<font color="#E5E5E5"> wish he thought to bring</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">something to with my family surrounding</font> me my fear ebbed away more<font color="#CCCCCC"> and more with</font> every<font color="#CCCCCC"> passing moment giving</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> away to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">embarrassment and the gnawing doubt that</font> I had overreacted<font color="#E5E5E5"> it didn't help that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">when the cops</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> arrived I showed them the</font> text<font color="#E5E5E5"> and explained everything</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> told</font> me<font color="#CCCCCC"> that they couldn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> do anything</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">well creepy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> using someone else's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> picture</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wasn't exactly a crime neither was</font> taking my picture while I was out in <font color="#CCCCCC">public</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and our</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> texts all seemed friendly</font> in nature they advised me<font color="#E5E5E5"> to keep a log</font> of<font color="#CCCCCC"> any further incidents</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> left me both</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> their cards<font color="#E5E5E5"> and promised</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that they'd</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">circle the block a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> couple more times at</font> night<font color="#E5E5E5"> for any suspicious activity a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">less-than-stellar ending but if they</font> didn't think<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was a big deal</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then it</font> probably<font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't Scott or whatever his</font> name was was just<font color="#E5E5E5"> getting his kicks by</font> scaring a stranger feeling<font color="#E5E5E5"> more stupid</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">than</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> afraid I was ready to send everyone</font> home with an apology but<font color="#E5E5E5"> mom and dad</font> wouldn't hear<font color="#CCCCCC"> it you're coming to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stay</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">with us for a few nights</font> you think I<font color="#E5E5E5"> really need to some crazy</font> guy is<font color="#E5E5E5"> taking pictures of you outside</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">your home and you're seriously asking if</font> you<font color="#CCCCCC"> should</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stay somewhere</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> else</font> Chris<font color="#CCCCCC"> asking that older</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> brother tone</font> that really meant<font color="#E5E5E5"> what are you stupid</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">while I packed a few days worth of</font> clothes in my<font color="#E5E5E5"> duffel bag my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">brothers and dad went down the street</font> and looked into cars to make sure there <font color="#E5E5E5">wasn't anyone just sitting and watching</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when they called up with all clear mom</font> and I locked the apartment<font color="#E5E5E5"> and left my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">brothers followed us in their cars to my</font> parents house they made sure we got <font color="#CCCCCC">inside safely before</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> going their</font> separate ways<font color="#CCCCCC"> I apologize</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> parents</font> again for causing such<font color="#CCCCCC"> a fuss</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> over what</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> probably just a dumb prank pranks</font> are supposed<font color="#CCCCCC"> to be funny that guy is</font> just lucky we<font color="#E5E5E5"> didn't find him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bid</font> each other<font color="#E5E5E5"> good night and I flopped</font> emotionally exhausted<font color="#E5E5E5"> into the guest bed</font> sleep crowded in my eyes tugging my lid shut<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I was on the brink of slipping</font> off in a peaceful<font color="#E5E5E5"> slumber when my phone</font> chirped<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was wide awake again any trace</font> of weariness chase off by the innocuous sound of an incoming text<font color="#E5E5E5"> I swallowed</font> hard<font color="#E5E5E5"> and turned to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the nightstand where</font> my phone was resting its screen lit up the otherwise dark room<font color="#E5E5E5"> beckoning me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> pick it<font color="#CCCCCC"> up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and across the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> top I could</font> read<font color="#CCCCCC"> Scots name I debated</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> letting the</font> message go on read but<font color="#E5E5E5"> curiously and</font> renewed<font color="#E5E5E5"> I r1 over I snatched it up and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">unlocked the phone sorry</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I thought</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just too soon to meet the family</font> looking<font color="#E5E5E5"> forward to seeing you again</font> maybe alone<font color="#E5E5E5"> next</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time I felt sick all</font> over<font color="#CCCCCC"> again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he'd been there watching us</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but for how long</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I trembled my insides a</font> roiling mess of fear and nausea<font color="#CCCCCC"> but also</font> in the eye<font color="#E5E5E5"> of it all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> growing seed of</font> fury<font color="#E5E5E5"> he'd violated</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my trust</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> invaded my</font> home my safe place<font color="#CCCCCC"> and now he was</font> mocking<font color="#E5E5E5"> me never contact me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> again you</font> sick<font color="#E5E5E5"> asshole</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his number was blocked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> all</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">text deleted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not like they'd serve any</font> purpose I removed the chat apps we used and I logged<font color="#CCCCCC"> onto the dating site to delete my</font> profile<font color="#E5E5E5"> that was the last time I'd ever</font> try<font color="#E5E5E5"> to go online to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> find a guy with all</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">means of communication cut off I threw</font> my phone to the carpet<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I buried</font> myself<font color="#E5E5E5"> beneath the comforter</font> the next week passed uneventfully<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> didn't hear from<font color="#E5E5E5"> Scott at all so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was that handled</font> I thought triumphantly<font color="#CCCCCC"> Abel was mad</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> hadn't called her the night of<font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font> forgave me after a<font color="#CCCCCC"> couple</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of drinks</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">all the details when she asked if I</font> tried<font color="#E5E5E5"> to look anything up about the guy</font> in<font color="#CCCCCC"> the pictures</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> David I very adamantly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">told her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> know everything that it</font> happened was disconcertingly enough without adding<font color="#CCCCCC"> a layer of murder to it</font> she offered to<font color="#E5E5E5"> let me stay at her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> place</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">for a while but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she already had her</font> hands<font color="#E5E5E5"> full with two kids and Pete</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so I</font> opted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to stay with my folks dad drove me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to work where security would escort me</font> into the<font color="#E5E5E5"> building at my parents</font> insistence<font color="#E5E5E5"> and then we'd repeat the</font> process at the<font color="#CCCCCC"> end of the day if I had</font> to run<font color="#E5E5E5"> an errand I needed to make sure</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at least someone knew where</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was at all</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">times my family and Ava went so far as</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to start a group chat so I could send</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">them all my location with a single text</font> it quickly became kind of annoying<font color="#E5E5E5"> even</font> if everyone meant well<font color="#E5E5E5"> if I hadn't been</font> being stalked before<font color="#E5E5E5"> I certainly felt</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">like I was experiencing it now that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">probably</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sounds ungrateful but as much</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I adore them all and was thankful</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that I had such a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> great group of people</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">who cared about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was ready for</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">things to go back to normal</font> finally when I felt like<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font> suffocating beneath the weight of<font color="#CCCCCC"> their</font> constant supervision<font color="#CCCCCC"> I had to sit my</font> parents down and tell them<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was going</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to my apartment I love you and I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">appreciate how much</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you've done for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I can't live like this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> forever</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> need<font color="#CCCCCC"> to go home</font> they tried to<font color="#E5E5E5"> change my mind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when it</font> became<font color="#CCCCCC"> clear that I couldn't be</font> convinced mom gave<font color="#CCCCCC"> me a canister and</font> mace and a whistle<font color="#E5E5E5"> for my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> keychain</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font> prefer that<font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> stay but we understand</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">make sure</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to keep these on you at all</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">times</font> remember Jules<font color="#E5E5E5"> if it comes down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> or them<font color="#E5E5E5"> always</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> pick you they lingered</font> for about an<font color="#CCCCCC"> hour after</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we got</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back to</font> my<font color="#CCCCCC"> apartment</font> dad installed a chain lock<font color="#CCCCCC"> on my front</font> door<font color="#E5E5E5"> mom checked all the windows</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> even</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">though we were on the third</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> floor and</font> then<font color="#E5E5E5"> we sat and mapped out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the fastest</font> routes to the police station<font color="#CCCCCC"> tight hugs</font> were exchanged when it was time to<font color="#E5E5E5"> go</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and they told me repeatedly to call it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">anytime</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for any reason</font> alone<font color="#E5E5E5"> for the first time since that</font> night<font color="#E5E5E5"> I had to admit I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was a little</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nervous wanting to retake control</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of my</font> home<font color="#E5E5E5"> I put on my PJs booted up my</font> computer<font color="#CCCCCC"> and ordered a pizza I surfed</font> the net while I waited<font color="#CCCCCC"> for dinner to</font> arrive relaxing myself with puppy and kitten videos before<font color="#E5E5E5"> eventually making</font> the rounds to<font color="#E5E5E5"> Facebook</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was met with</font> over<font color="#CCCCCC"> fifty friend requests all with the</font> same<font color="#E5E5E5"> message looking forward to seeing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you real soon</font> every single profile picture was<font color="#CCCCCC"> of me</font> none<font color="#CCCCCC"> of which I had ever seen before</font> and all recent [Music] david shlonsky was 31<font color="#CCCCCC"> years old</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when he</font> died<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a PhD</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> student at a state</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">university loved by many a tennis</font> enthusiast and heavily involved in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">local theater group so it was a shock</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">when his girlfriend shot him three times</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">point</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> blank in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> chest</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't</font> charged with<font color="#E5E5E5"> murder though</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or anything</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> matter it was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> self-defense</font> apparently the beloved only<font color="#E5E5E5"> son of Nancy</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> Grayson Schlotzsky's</font> was an abusive drunk<font color="#E5E5E5"> behind closed doors</font> and his girlfriend bore the brunt of it <font color="#E5E5E5">she had all the cuts and bruises to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">prove it the night he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was killed Tina</font> said he was coming after her<font color="#CCCCCC"> with a</font> knife she was afraid<font color="#E5E5E5"> for her life</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font> knew where he kept his<font color="#E5E5E5"> handgun and</font> grabbed it<font color="#E5E5E5"> she never meant to use it</font> she had to make a choice<font color="#CCCCCC"> herself</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so she fired the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> knife was still</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in his</font> hand<font color="#E5E5E5"> when the cops arrived</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> kyle dug up</font> as much about<font color="#CCCCCC"> david as he could</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after he</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> Kris arrived at my apartment I</font> hadn't called them<font color="#E5E5E5"> just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> texted them both</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> screen shot at the Facebook requests</font> and they showed up barely<font color="#CCCCCC"> 10 minutes</font> later<font color="#CCCCCC"> I thought</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about calling my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> parents</font> over<font color="#CCCCCC"> too but they were worried enough</font> and I didn't want to<font color="#E5E5E5"> end up locked in</font> their guest<font color="#E5E5E5"> room until they found Scott</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the poor pizza girl just about passed</font> out when she<font color="#E5E5E5"> found herself blocked into</font> my<font color="#CCCCCC"> doorway by two strange men openly</font> carrying firearms<font color="#E5E5E5"> they paid her and took</font> the pizza<font color="#CCCCCC"> watched her go into</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> elevator until<font color="#E5E5E5"> the doors had shut and it</font> started<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> descend</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and then they knocked</font> they were still concerned but<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was far</font> outweighed by<font color="#E5E5E5"> their fear</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> e did you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> call</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the cops</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Chris demanded once he was inside</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when I</font> said<font color="#CCCCCC"> no that based on what</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I've been</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">told before nothing could be done about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he snorted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you're probably right it's</font> not like we can<font color="#E5E5E5"> get a restraining</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> order</font> against Scott from<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Internet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> that's<font color="#E5E5E5"> even his real name</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we didn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> even</font> know what<font color="#E5E5E5"> this guy looks like so we and</font> by we<font color="#CCCCCC"> I mean</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> brother's decided it was</font> past<font color="#E5E5E5"> time to take matters into our own</font> hands<font color="#E5E5E5"> it didn't take long to find</font> David's<font color="#E5E5E5"> story even with how little we</font> knew about<font color="#E5E5E5"> him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but beyond the headlines</font> following his death there wasn't much to <font color="#CCCCCC">see Kyle pulled up his Facebook page and</font> we read through six<font color="#CCCCCC"> months of hate and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">heard that had been left in his wake the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">few who were willing to voice their</font> doubts about the circumstances <font color="#E5E5E5">surrounding his final moments were</font> drowned out by<font color="#E5E5E5"> the chorus of stop</font> defending<font color="#E5E5E5"> in a</font> user and<font color="#E5E5E5"> Tina's a hero Kyle tried</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">looking up the girl friend Tina estar Oh</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">next but she had zero</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Internet</font> footprints<font color="#E5E5E5"> knowing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that didn't make me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">feel any better</font> well that went<font color="#CCCCCC"> to a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dead end faster than</font> I<font color="#CCCCCC"> expected</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">i absently bent into a slice of now cold</font> pizza and stared at<font color="#E5E5E5"> david's profile</font> picture<font color="#E5E5E5"> it felt strange seeing a face I</font> come to know very<font color="#E5E5E5"> well on a man I knew</font> nothing<font color="#E5E5E5"> about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I asked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Kyle to close the</font> page<font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't want to see that smile</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">anymore would you go talk to his parents</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Chris ventured slowly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this guy's using</font> David's picture for a reason he sent you to<font color="#E5E5E5"> his parents house for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> reason</font> there's some kind of<font color="#E5E5E5"> connection there</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and if the cops</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> are going to look into</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it we need to I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hated that Chris was</font> right the Schlotzsky's number<font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't</font> listed<font color="#CCCCCC"> anywhere that our amateur efforts</font> could<font color="#E5E5E5"> find I had it at least wanted to</font> call them first<font color="#E5E5E5"> and let them know that</font> we were<font color="#CCCCCC"> coming and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> why but after our</font> search turned up<font color="#CCCCCC"> nothing</font> my<font color="#E5E5E5"> brother said they just have to deal</font> with<font color="#CCCCCC"> an</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> unexpected drop in they called</font> their wives so<font color="#E5E5E5"> that they were going to</font> stay with me for a while<font color="#E5E5E5"> and spent the</font> night<font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my living room floor</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> their</font> handguns<font color="#CCCCCC"> in easy reach unable</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to sleep</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> knowing how much</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a night owl she was</font> I texted Ava<font color="#CCCCCC"> with tomorrow's plans</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> guys be careful<font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> don't know those</font> people <font color="#CCCCCC">I know we will I'm so tired of this shit</font> hopefully this will help<font color="#E5E5E5"> yeah</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we'll see</font> do you want a<font color="#CCCCCC"> pile Pete any time baby</font> any<font color="#E5E5E5"> time</font> [Music] it was easy to<font color="#E5E5E5"> act confident and</font> dismissive in my<font color="#E5E5E5"> text but I felt</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like a</font> wreck<font color="#CCCCCC"> I doubted our visits</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to the next</font> day<font color="#E5E5E5"> would prove useful</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and we'd be</font> dredging<font color="#E5E5E5"> up a very painful part</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of their</font> past<font color="#CCCCCC"> it didn't seem</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fair</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> make them</font> relive their son's<font color="#E5E5E5"> death again when it</font> probably wouldn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> even help I tried</font> telling that to<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> brothers the next</font> morning<font color="#E5E5E5"> but I was given an option</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> could go<font color="#E5E5E5"> with them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or stay behind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> while</font> they went an hour later I<font color="#E5E5E5"> was in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">back seat of Chris's Explorer</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> heading up</font> the highway<font color="#E5E5E5"> you're sure it's this one</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">yeah</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> will you guys wait</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> here while I</font> talk<font color="#CCCCCC"> to her</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hell no at least let me knock alone and</font> explain this was a delicate<font color="#E5E5E5"> situation</font> and my brothers were anything but<font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> agreed to<font color="#E5E5E5"> let</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me go up to the door</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> by</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">myself but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they'd be standing outside</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> car so it was clear I wasn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> alone</font> me going inside without<font color="#E5E5E5"> them was out of</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> question</font> I stood<font color="#CCCCCC"> on the front porch for a while</font> nervous uncomfortable and trying to <font color="#E5E5E5">figure</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out what I was going to say to</font> these poor people when mrs. Schlotzsky's<font color="#CCCCCC"> okand the door</font> what do<font color="#E5E5E5"> you want she snapped</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> oh good she</font> remembered me<font color="#CCCCCC"> I my voice wavered and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> cleared my<font color="#E5E5E5"> throat</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hoping to talk</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to you about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> David she eyed me with open</font> disdain why you didn't even know who<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was the last time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you were here did you</font> find out and her hoping<font color="#E5E5E5"> for some more</font> details to fill your sick little head <font color="#E5E5E5">what no I said in a rush</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I think I'm</font> being<font color="#E5E5E5"> stalked by</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> someone I met online he</font> was using your son's pictures I took<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> as a good sign<font color="#CCCCCC"> that she didn't</font> immediately slam the door<font color="#CCCCCC"> in my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> face</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">again I just wanted to know if I might</font> have<font color="#E5E5E5"> known any of David's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> friends who</font> might do that she stepped<font color="#E5E5E5"> out of the</font> house and closed the door firmly behind <font color="#E5E5E5">her from the car my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> brothers were</font> watching her<font color="#E5E5E5"> with a stillness of</font> predators ready to pounce but<font color="#E5E5E5"> mrs. Schlotzsky's didn't seem to</font> notice them what kind of person do<font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">think David was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I shrugged helplessly</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> don't know<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm sorry I'm</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just trying to</font> find<font color="#E5E5E5"> a connection</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she must</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have seen</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something in the defeated slump of my</font> shoulders<font color="#E5E5E5"> because she's softened</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Leeside</font> I don't care what the report said<font color="#E5E5E5"> my boy</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wasn't a drunk and he certainly wasn't</font> running around<font color="#E5E5E5"> beating women</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm sorry I</font> repeated lamely<font color="#CCCCCC"> I never thought that</font> Tina was<font color="#E5E5E5"> any good for him sometimes you</font> just know<font color="#E5E5E5"> especially as a mom I tried to</font> talk to<font color="#E5E5E5"> him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but David was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> love he was usually so skeptical about people but never Tina<font color="#E5E5E5"> all traces of</font> softness were gone<font color="#CCCCCC"> I wasn't surprised</font> when<font color="#CCCCCC"> I caught her sneaking around behind</font> David's back<font color="#E5E5E5"> ran into her at the movie</font> with some guy and she had the<font color="#E5E5E5"> nerve to</font> act angry<font color="#E5E5E5"> when I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> told her I was going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> tell<font color="#E5E5E5"> David</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and did you of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> course that's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">why the police</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> were</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> willing to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">believe her everyone was they said it</font> was a typical lover's quarrel gone too far after he'd been<font color="#E5E5E5"> drinking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't</font> know how<font color="#CCCCCC"> to make my next</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> question any</font> less harsh<font color="#E5E5E5"> but I just asked her flatly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">how do you know it wasn't because I know</font> my son David<font color="#E5E5E5"> didn't drink he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> didn't like</font> the taste<font color="#CCCCCC"> but everything said he had um</font> problems<font color="#CCCCCC"> Tina said that and everyone ate</font> it<font color="#E5E5E5"> up people</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> have a funny way of</font> believing<font color="#CCCCCC"> things if they're printed in a</font> paper so the dead<font color="#CCCCCC"> guy's mom was sure</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> he wasn't a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> monster no surprise</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">there nothing she had told me helped at</font> all<font color="#CCCCCC"> she caught her son's girlfriend</font> cheating with some guy she<font color="#CCCCCC"> didn't know</font> son goes ballistic<font color="#E5E5E5"> girlfriend ends up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">killing him in self-defense</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he didn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">even own a gun mrs. Schlotzsky's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">interrupted my thoughts sorry Tina told</font> everyone that<font color="#E5E5E5"> she used David's gun to do</font> it but David didn't own a gun <font color="#E5E5E5">Swartz knives whatever kind of medieval</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">things he could get his hands on but</font> never a gun they scared him the one she had was<font color="#CCCCCC"> unregistered probably picked up</font> from some other scumbag she was cheating <font color="#CCCCCC">with mrs. shulansky I'm sorry to ask</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font> do you have Tina's phone number<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'd like</font> to speak<font color="#CCCCCC"> to her</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she hesitated but</font> finally nodded and disappeared<font color="#E5E5E5"> back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> into</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the house when she returned she</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> carrying a leather-bound Driss<font color="#E5E5E5"> book her fingers stroked the cover</font> lovingly this was<font color="#E5E5E5"> David's he was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">old-fashioned liked to keep his things</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">written</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> down I thanked her after she</font> handed the book to me and<font color="#E5E5E5"> flipped to the</font> O's Tina's name and number were written in big loopy handwriting that<font color="#E5E5E5"> didn't</font> match the rest<font color="#E5E5E5"> I guess she wrote it in</font> herself<font color="#CCCCCC"> take the whole page I don't want</font> anything of hers here anymore <font color="#E5E5E5">mrs. Schlotzsky's said</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I really am sorry</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> your loss</font> I said as I prepared<font color="#CCCCCC"> to leave</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she nodded</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">misty eyed and held the book to her</font> chest<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> brothers demanded that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I tell</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">him everything before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we gotten into the</font> car<font color="#CCCCCC"> I told him to shut up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just go</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the poor woman didn't need to see</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> us</font> dissecting her story in her<font color="#E5E5E5"> front lawn</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">as we pulled away I looked at Tina's</font> number again something<font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it struck</font> me as familiar my heartbeat quickened as cold<font color="#CCCCCC"> realizations slithered</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up my spine</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">numb</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Lee I reached for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> phone ignoring</font> my<font color="#CCCCCC"> brothers questions and went to the</font> block number<font color="#CCCCCC"> section</font> Tina's number was already in my phone the<font color="#E5E5E5"> screen</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> flashed with a new text</font> notification from<font color="#E5E5E5"> an unknown number</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> had<font color="#E5E5E5"> just enough time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to read the message</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">before the preview window disappeared I</font> wish you hadn't done<font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> guys<font color="#E5E5E5"> I said go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> drive Chris looked up at</font> me in the<font color="#CCCCCC"> rearview mirror</font> his<font color="#CCCCCC"> brows</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> raised in question what's up I</font> got<font color="#CCCCCC"> another text he's here</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he's watching</font> us go the<font color="#CCCCCC"> Explorers engine roared with</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">life as Chris accelerated towards the</font> highway<font color="#CCCCCC"> we were lucky in a way that</font> there were so few other cars on the road <font color="#E5E5E5">we were able to clear the town's limits</font> and half the<font color="#CCCCCC"> usual time I kept checking</font> my phone but there were no other messages<font color="#CCCCCC"> a truck</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a big</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Ford type that</font> looked like<font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> steroids pulled</font> onto<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> highway behind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us a road close</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> our bumper its</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> engine revving</font> I was jerked forward stopped<font color="#E5E5E5"> only by my</font> seatbelt pulling taut<font color="#E5E5E5"> against my chest</font> and I clung to the back of Chris's seat to steady myself<font color="#E5E5E5"> the truck drove into</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">our rear again harder and this time</font> Chris swerved slightly<font color="#E5E5E5"> Kyle still bent</font> over was thrown headfirst into the <font color="#E5E5E5">dashboard Chris tried to right the car</font> but the truck<font color="#CCCCCC"> was alongside us now</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nudging our back bumper further and</font> further off<font color="#CCCCCC"> course until</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the Explorer</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> thrown into a spin</font> I screamed grabbing<font color="#E5E5E5"> at Chris like it</font> would help us get<font color="#E5E5E5"> back onto the asphalt</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">while we slid through</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the shoulder and</font> slammed into a<font color="#E5E5E5"> guardrail powder from the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">airbags filled the car I cracked my head</font> solidly against my<font color="#E5E5E5"> window and my vision</font> swam through a haze I can make out Kyle slumped in his seat<font color="#E5E5E5"> Chris</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a splash of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">red on his neck from where the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> seatbelt</font> bent into him<font color="#E5E5E5"> was leaning over Kyle</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">trying to unwedge the lockbox from</font> beneath his<font color="#CCCCCC"> seat his Brackett breathing</font> in the blood rushing<font color="#E5E5E5"> into my ears</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thumped painfully through my skull</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> sound like a<font color="#CCCCCC"> to close firecracker and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the left back tire sank suddenly I</font> screamed again<font color="#CCCCCC"> my brother swore at me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and told</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me to get down something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">metallic tapped against the back</font> windshield<font color="#E5E5E5"> all along the side</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the car</font> until<font color="#CCCCCC"> a man was standing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> outside the</font> window<font color="#CCCCCC"> grinning and tapping</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the butt of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">his sawed-off shotgun against the glass</font> I met his cold gaze and couldn't even <font color="#E5E5E5">breathe the call</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from my brother Chris</font> twisted sharply<font color="#E5E5E5"> a woman fair-haired and</font> wild-eyed had pressed her face<font color="#CCCCCC"> and the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">muzzle of a pistol against the driver's</font> side window<font color="#E5E5E5"> a man leaned so close to the</font> window that his breath fogged it<font color="#E5E5E5"> I told</font> you I would be seeing you soon<font color="#CCCCCC"> Jules</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> and the<font color="#CCCCCC"> woman took</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a step back then</font> another then took aim my<font color="#CCCCCC"> shoulder shook</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with silent desperate sobs</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I stared into</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> black barrel of Scott's gun and I</font> knew that<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was gonna die that my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">brothers were going</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to die</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> was my<font color="#CCCCCC"> fault</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm sorry</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I whispered</font> hoarsely to Chris<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> glad Kyle wasn't</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">conscious to experience this I closed my</font> eyes and I let the tears fall<font color="#E5E5E5"> freely</font> there was a brief blast from<font color="#E5E5E5"> the car</font> horn and the sound<font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> squealing tires I</font> jumped in<font color="#CCCCCC"> my eyes snapped open in time</font> to see both a man and<font color="#CCCCCC"> woman sliding off</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> front of a speeding maroon car it</font> skipped to a halt<font color="#CCCCCC"> a little ways down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> shoulder<font color="#E5E5E5"> and as it was thrown into</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">reverse</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I noticed a bumper sticker in</font> support<font color="#E5E5E5"> of a local theater</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> group</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mrs.</font> Schlotzsky's braked beside us and<font color="#E5E5E5"> rolled</font> down<font color="#E5E5E5"> her window</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> her face was red tears</font> stained and torn with grief<font color="#E5E5E5"> her fingers</font> were<font color="#E5E5E5"> wrapped around the steering wheel</font> in a<font color="#CCCCCC"> vice-like grip</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> every inch of her</font> was trembling<font color="#E5E5E5"> we stared at each other</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a long tense moment you kids okay it</font> took a few months<font color="#E5E5E5"> but from computer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> phone logs<font color="#CCCCCC"> police were able</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to piece</font> together the<font color="#E5E5E5"> sordid affair that had been</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Tina and Scott's relationship</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Tina had</font> been seeing Robbie<font color="#CCCCCC"> Scott's real name by</font> the way<font color="#E5E5E5"> behind David's back for a few</font> weeks<font color="#E5E5E5"> when mrs. Schlotzsky's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> kamek</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Ross</font> them no one would<font color="#CCCCCC"> ever</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> known</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for</font> sure<font color="#CCCCCC"> what happened the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> night David</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> murdered<font color="#E5E5E5"> but from the little</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that was</font> recovered<font color="#CCCCCC"> from that time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> made it</font> seem like David had confronted<font color="#E5E5E5"> Tina</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">things got</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> heated and Robbie shot him</font> the cuts and bruises<font color="#CCCCCC"> that Tina had</font> paraded about<font color="#E5E5E5"> as proof of physical abuse</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">were probably courtesy of Robbie after</font> the fact they were<font color="#E5E5E5"> a sick pair who got</font> their thrills by causing harm<font color="#E5E5E5"> they had</font> made dozens<font color="#CCCCCC"> of dating profiles with the</font> sole purpose<font color="#CCCCCC"> of gaining</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> personal</font> information in order to harass and horrify they flippantly used David's pictures in history because<font color="#CCCCCC"> Tina had</font> easy<font color="#E5E5E5"> access to it all since they had</font> gotten away<font color="#E5E5E5"> with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so much already they</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">weren't worried</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about getting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> caught</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">our victims had been completely at</font> random with no real structure<font color="#E5E5E5"> or thought</font> behind<font color="#E5E5E5"> it I had been their favorite at</font> first because<font color="#CCCCCC"> of how curious I was and</font> then because of my refusal<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stop</font> living<font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> life they viewed this as a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">challenge and wanted to break me making</font> me too terrified to<font color="#CCCCCC"> leave my home</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when</font> that didn't work<font color="#CCCCCC"> they decided</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> wanted to<font color="#E5E5E5"> relive the thrill of what</font> happened to<font color="#E5E5E5"> David we got so lucky</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> mrs. Schlotzsky's for reasons<font color="#E5E5E5"> even she</font> can't explain<font color="#E5E5E5"> felt compelled to look</font> back out window that afternoon<font color="#E5E5E5"> she recognized</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Tina driving the truck and knew</font> something<font color="#CCCCCC"> wasn't right</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of her</font> quick decisive<font color="#E5E5E5"> action</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we each got away</font> with only minor<font color="#E5E5E5"> cuts scrapes and in</font> Kyle's case a concussion<font color="#CCCCCC"> but we were</font> alive<font color="#E5E5E5"> my family and I will never stop</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">being grateful I've</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> decided to keep a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mostly low profile online and off</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> dating sites<font color="#CCCCCC"> altogether I'll stick to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">more traditional routes from here on out</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I don't want to scare people</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with my</font> story but<font color="#E5E5E5"> I do want to raise awareness</font> of how dangerous<font color="#E5E5E5"> it can</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be on here so I</font> hope<font color="#CCCCCC"> that I've managed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to do that for at</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">least some people please be careful</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stay</font> safe<font color="#E5E5E5"> and if it ever comes down to you or</font> them<font color="#CCCCCC"> always choose you</font> [Music] [Music]
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Channel: UNIT #522
Views: 486,221
Rating: 4.8690286 out of 5
Keywords: UNIT #522, unit522, I Used A Dating Site Once, NEVER AGAIN, Online Dating, horror story, Facebook, dark web, xmas, christmas, special, deep web, nosleep, scary, creepy, reddit, tinder, grindr, omegle, app, horror stories, scary stories, storytime, creepypasta, hacking, Scary Story Time, cyber stalker, catfish, scary catfish story
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Length: 38min 9sec (2289 seconds)
Published: Sat Dec 24 2016
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Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No 1

https://youtu.be/2WfaotSK3mI

Possibly the most calming piece of music I've ever heard.

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