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Cleita

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16. That happened to a friend of mine.

Sat Mar 1, 2014, 05:21 PM

Mar 2014

We knew the guy when she was dating him and even socialized a lot with them. He seems okay then although a couple of women in our circle had reservations, but that is usually the case so I didn't take notice. After they got married he took control. There was no girl time. If you wanted to have coffee, he was there, lunch he was there. Then they moved.

By that time he was always answering the phone and making excuses why she couldn't come to the phone. He wouldn't give out their address because she had requested it. Many of us thought she had snubbed us. Then one day he showed up at my job and wanted to borrow money from me. I told him I wanted to talk to his wife first before I made up my mind. He left and we never heard from them again.

In retrospect I should have filed a missing persons report. She was an orphan from foster care and has no family but us. I really hope she came out okay. She would be elderly by now.

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