I held the door for her as the convenience store clerk took her inside to call the police and get more details on what had just happened. She was so hysterical, she could barely speak other than to describe her van as being a green Chevy Astro and that her kids were inside. She also said something about how she didn't know how they got in because the doors had been locked.
I ran and went potty and while I was in there, I was just wracking my brain. Did I see a green Chevy Astro? Who was driving? Which way did they go? I remembered later that I had indeed seen the van, they had paused for me while I walked in front of them right before she came running out of the store, but I couldn't remember who was driving.
We stood there and watched her scream for her kids, not knowing what to do, unsure as to what to do, when someone pointed out that her van was back... and oddly enough, her husband was driving the van. What the heck??? He got out of the van and came inside and took her into his arms and whispered in her ear and then took her out and placed her in the drivers seat of the van and they talked. I don't know exactly what happened, but we were pretty sure of one thing... he was not with her when she came. We then concluded that he came after her and upon seeing that she had probably once again left the kids in the car while she ran inside to buy a soda, he got in and drove off. To prove a point? Perhaps. To give his wife a reason to kill him? More than likely. It was all we could do to not kill him for her!
I'm curious to know what really happened at that Flying J. I'm also curious to know if he is still alive, or at least sharing her bed, because I guaran-dam-tee-ya, if it'd happened to me, I would have changed the locks on the house! That was just cruel!
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4 comments:
Bad husband! Bad Bad Bad!
Perhaps I see things differently - but I would rather the husband do something like this than for something bad to really happen. What if the kids had decided to take it joyriding?
Obviously, this was not a 1-time event - there's more history to the story. Maybe this was the only way a point could be driven home to her.
Yes, I would probably be mad if it happened to me. But more because something I had done was wrong and could have harmed my kids than blame at him.
Maybe this woman has short-term memory loss or dementia and forgot her husband was going to take it through the car wash or something while she went in to get a snack or use the toilet. The whole story is just odd. If she saw the van drive off, how could she not recognize her husband getting in and/or driving away? How bizarre!
So weird. I was horrified reading that! I'd like to know the whole story too. At first I thought, "Brigham City Utah. Not even the inner city. It happens everywhere!" Then when you finished the story, I'm now just confused. And a little mad at my husband... just because.
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