She asked why I left so quickly.(?) I asked her when/what she was talking about and she said, "You know, just a few minutes ago. You came in the front door and then left." The scary part is I had not stopped by her house today. She wouldn't go to a neighbor's, stay on the phone, call the Police, etc. She assured me it was just an honest mistake. That someone must have come to the wrong house and so on. I told her I was on my way. We only live a couple minutes away but it seemed a lot longer tonight.
No one was in the house. I called the PD to let them know just in case her's wasn't the only house. Spoke with a Sgt. who said there had not been any similar reports but he would tell the beat Officer. I understand it could have just been a drunk that wandered into the wrong house but it's not a new subdivision where every other house looks the same. To me it almost seemed like a ploy to see if anyone was home. Of course Mom thinks I'm an "alarmist" but I don't think I did enough. Even though no one was there, and I probably would have gotten there first I think I should have called PD on the way. If it, or anything similar happens again I definitely will. I realized on the way home, "Dumbass! What if there was someone there. What the hell would she have done?"... Mom just turned 70(Feb.), dealing with a partially functioning liver, and tiny. She used to be all of 5'1" but I swear she's shrunk two inches in the last year.
It's an odd feeling... Sort of surreal. In a way it feels like I over-reacted but at the same time like I under-reacted. If that makes any sense at all.
No one was in the house. I called the PD to let them know just in case her's wasn't the only house. Spoke with a Sgt. who said there had not been any similar reports but he would tell the beat Officer. I understand it could have just been a drunk that wandered into the wrong house but it's not a new subdivision where every other house looks the same. To me it almost seemed like a ploy to see if anyone was home. Of course Mom thinks I'm an "alarmist" but I don't think I did enough. Even though no one was there, and I probably would have gotten there first I think I should have called PD on the way. If it, or anything similar happens again I definitely will. I realized on the way home, "Dumbass! What if there was someone there. What the hell would she have done?"... Mom just turned 70(Feb.), dealing with a partially functioning liver, and tiny. She used to be all of 5'1" but I swear she's shrunk two inches in the last year.
It's an odd feeling... Sort of surreal. In a way it feels like I over-reacted but at the same time like I under-reacted. If that makes any sense at all.
