Puff Daddy
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Very weird situation. It was almost exactly midnight. We have a little Yorkie dog that sleeps in our bed. The dog started that low, unsure woofing that dogs do when they're not sure if there's something there to bark at or not. I heard some sort of noise coming from the living room that I assumed was the kids (it's the weekend, they are 10 and 8 and think it's great fun to stay up on saturday night and watch television after the old people have gone to bed). The wife hears the noise too and says "That isn't the kids, I put them to bed". I jump up out of bed just as I hear what is obviously the sliding glass door opening and I'm thinking "Oh shit, WTF?" I run out into the living room to see a figure coming through the closed blinds that cover the door and I ran towards it. I never thought of a weapon or anything, only to put myself between whatever was coming through the door and my kids.
Before I got halfway there the figure of a woman turns to look at me. Mid 20's with long curly black hair. There was a side lamp with a dimmer turned low so there was just enough light to kind of see. I was on her before she had both feet through the door and saw her face, it was obvious she was not right. Scared, confused. First thing out my mouth was "Why are you here?" She looked scared. I looked down and saw her feet were bare and her leg was bleeding. I threw on a light and walked her to a chair and sat her down. My wife came out and immediatley started covering her with a blanket and cleaned her up a little. We could hardly get two words out of her. While my wife tended to her I went in the bedroom and called the police.
We live at the edge of a greenbelt and she wandered up out of there, an open space of oaks and brush. She was all scratched up from coming up out of there. She was wearing a nice black dress, had an expensive handbag, but no shoes. Our door was locked and she didn't just wander into the house, she forced the door open. It was wide open now but still the lock mechanism was locked. The police arrived with some paramedics (7 or 8 of them all together) and they were able to get a little out of her, but not much. She thought she was in Rancho Murieta (20 miles away), wasn't sure or wouldn't say who she'd been with or why she was in the area, wouldn't say why she came into my home. When they went through her purse to find some identification they pulled out a large knife with all the other things you'd expect a young lady to be carrying around. Strangely, no cell phone or keys. They took her away on a gurney.
Could have ended badly. I never thought to grab a gun, but with kids in the house I don't keep a loaded gun handy, it would have taken me more than a minute to get to one and load it. And if I had, what if I'd have shot at her coming though the door? She's just a kid and looks like something bad might have happened to her, or maybe she just got wasted and thought she was back home. What if I hadn't woke up, if the dog hadn't barked? What would she have done once inside the house? The only good scenario seems to be the one that played out, we calmly sat her down, cleaner her up and got some help for her.
Strange thing, when it was over and the police were leaving, I asked for an incident report number. Got a big sigh and a pause, like they didn't want to give it to me. They never asked if I wanted to press charges for breaking and entering, didn't want a statement beyond what I told them the first 10 seconds when they arrived. Really I just wanted to be able to find out who she was, what happened and why she broke into my house after they got her sorted out. Seems reasonable. Maybe if she has a record and was on dope and involved in some bad stuff I would want to press charges. Maybe she intended to break in, I don't know.
So much for sleeping tonight.
Before I got halfway there the figure of a woman turns to look at me. Mid 20's with long curly black hair. There was a side lamp with a dimmer turned low so there was just enough light to kind of see. I was on her before she had both feet through the door and saw her face, it was obvious she was not right. Scared, confused. First thing out my mouth was "Why are you here?" She looked scared. I looked down and saw her feet were bare and her leg was bleeding. I threw on a light and walked her to a chair and sat her down. My wife came out and immediatley started covering her with a blanket and cleaned her up a little. We could hardly get two words out of her. While my wife tended to her I went in the bedroom and called the police.
We live at the edge of a greenbelt and she wandered up out of there, an open space of oaks and brush. She was all scratched up from coming up out of there. She was wearing a nice black dress, had an expensive handbag, but no shoes. Our door was locked and she didn't just wander into the house, she forced the door open. It was wide open now but still the lock mechanism was locked. The police arrived with some paramedics (7 or 8 of them all together) and they were able to get a little out of her, but not much. She thought she was in Rancho Murieta (20 miles away), wasn't sure or wouldn't say who she'd been with or why she was in the area, wouldn't say why she came into my home. When they went through her purse to find some identification they pulled out a large knife with all the other things you'd expect a young lady to be carrying around. Strangely, no cell phone or keys. They took her away on a gurney.
Could have ended badly. I never thought to grab a gun, but with kids in the house I don't keep a loaded gun handy, it would have taken me more than a minute to get to one and load it. And if I had, what if I'd have shot at her coming though the door? She's just a kid and looks like something bad might have happened to her, or maybe she just got wasted and thought she was back home. What if I hadn't woke up, if the dog hadn't barked? What would she have done once inside the house? The only good scenario seems to be the one that played out, we calmly sat her down, cleaner her up and got some help for her.
Strange thing, when it was over and the police were leaving, I asked for an incident report number. Got a big sigh and a pause, like they didn't want to give it to me. They never asked if I wanted to press charges for breaking and entering, didn't want a statement beyond what I told them the first 10 seconds when they arrived. Really I just wanted to be able to find out who she was, what happened and why she broke into my house after they got her sorted out. Seems reasonable. Maybe if she has a record and was on dope and involved in some bad stuff I would want to press charges. Maybe she intended to break in, I don't know.
So much for sleeping tonight.