Originally Posted by Tom Green Thumb
Zoosh and buddymyfriend: Thanks for the compliment, but to this day I feel guilty for letting him even hand cuff me in the first place. Some people would say that is a wimpy thing to do and I should have fought him right then and there. But if I would have I can guarantee that there would be a good chance I would have been seriously hurt and then he would be alone in the house with my sleeping daugter. I did what I could at the time to minimize the damage and protect my little girl, even if it seemed like the cowardly thing to do. Still I feel ashamed for letting him control me for that good 45 minutes or so he had me cuffed. I don't know how I justify these feelings as I know it turned out great and for the better, but still there is that feeling of helplessness that I will never forget. No man should ever have to feel that way.
On a brighter note I had been ripped off just recently without any violence, which is nice for a change. I was getting ready to go out when a 'friend' came by and asked me to let him stash something in my shed for a while. He had done this in the past so I agreed. He insisted he wanted to show me where he was going to place it. I thought this was odd as he never did this before, but I continued to followed him into my backyard leaving my front door unlocked.
When we got back there he showed me where he was going to place it and then started on some crap about his girlfriend cheating on him. After a while of a boring conversation he told me that he had forgot an appointment and would be back in an hour to pick up his stash. He took off quickly and I walked back to my house to lock the door and leave.
When I went to lock the back door and go about my business something told me to first go inside. Inside I noticed the front door was wide open when it was closed as I was just leaving when my 'friend' came knocking. I ran upstairs and didn't see anything suspicious. When I got to my bedroom my heart just sank in my chest. My bedroom was ransacked! I quickly made my way to the kitchen and opened the fridge. My pound and a half of weed was gone and my scale! I was pissed!
It turned out when he coaxed me into the backyard he had a friend run into the house as I left the door unlocked as I figured I wasn't going far. His accomplice must have been very quick the amount of stuff he went through in such a short time was amazing. When he left he went out the front door, hence the door being mysteriously opened.
If he would have closed the front door when leaving I would have just locked the back door and went out as I was doing in the first place before he came. I would have been gone for hours and when I returned I wouldn't probably have suspected him. He knew I was going out as I told him the day before. I even told him the time. Stupid me! That is why he knew when to come.
I ended up loosing a pound and a half of Blueberry, a scale and my pellet gun. The funny thing was in the freezer at the back was three pounds that was tied up well in an opaque plastic bag! He missed that thank god.
Now that I knew he had did it, all I did was went out to the shed and grabbed what he had stashed and kept it until he returned to make the trade. Funny thing was what he stashed was worth way more than the amount he took. What an idiot!
To make a long story short (too late!) I got my stuff back and ended up giving his stash back with one clause. I didn't want to see him ever again. I knew this guy since high school and he never did anything like this to me before. I would have never thought him capable. I would have handled it much differently if I didn't know the guy so well. Even though he tried to rip me off I still knew him for years and couldn't bring myself to have him hostitalized. It turned out he snorted a little (an understatment!) too much cocaine and owed a well known biker gang (I won't say the name - but you can guess) a lot of money that they were demanding. He could have asked to borrow some and I would have gladly helped him out. Damb idiot!
I have not seen him again and it has been about eight months. I hope it stays that way. You never know who you can trust eh?
TGT
