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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 10:27:19 AM | OMG !
The X called. His friend has disappeared, he said. Have I heard anything ? !, he asks.
Are U kidding ! ? !, I reply.
My mind drifts back to the past.
I remember.
(I am going to make up names, 'cuz' this is a true story - still unsolved)
I had just moved 2 a new area, to escape a bad bf. Grabbed a job, at a local 'watering hole', to get 'milk $$'. In walks Lee. He works overseas & isn't in Town, much. Everyone greets him. He's been around 10 years. He chases Me & We start dating. He takes Me over to his best friend's place, Don. Always a party going on there. He wants Don to come overseas with him. Don is quite happy where He is at. He was born here & here He is still.
Don meets Suzy. He 'likes' Suzy ! Lee says, Don is in 'Love'.
Don has a little brother, Jake. Both Don & Jake, I decide, are rather over-mothered. Don's Mom owns the house He is in. Jake still lives with Mom. However, Jake is at Don's, all the time, with His friends. Jake says it's His place.
Suzy moves in with Don. The house has 1 bedroom up & 1 down. Don's bedroom upstairs doesn't have a door, but a curtain. He is claiming the 'whole space' to himself, his Bachelor Pad.
Don goes away to work, like guys sometimes have to. He & Suzy talk everyday 4 hours. Suzy & I have become friends. She starts to confide in Me, She is having issues with Jake. He comes & goes from Don's, as He pleases, with His friends. He takes His Mom's keys. Has She told this 'stuff' to Don, I ask. She claims She has. She continues to have 'issues'. I decide to go to bat for Suzy, & confront Don with Her 'issues'. His brother, He should deal with Him. I have a Baby at home, so don't get over there much, or out much.
Suzy continues to have 'issues'. One day, while Don is gone, She disappears. Lee gets a call, here, & takes off, there, without telling Me, what's up. Lee comes back & just says, She is gone, but He won't elaborate. It's His friend, He says, His business, not Mine.
I get a call from Suzy. She just had to leave, couldn't stay, with Jake so in the picture. I didn't like Jake's attitude either.
Lee is busy coming & going to Town, treating Me like a mushroom.
Don calls Me. Have I heard from Suzy? He asks. He hasn't heard a thing & nobody there is telling Him anything either. I have to handle this delicately, on 1 hand, & I really know 'nothing', on the other. He asks Me to see what I can find out for Him. He is devastated.
Lee comes back & I confront Him. What the Hell is going on ? !
He will only say, 'something' happened & Don is better off without Suzy.
I talk to Suzy. She is not forthcoming, & doesn't go into 'dirty details' . . . but I get the picture that She was basically attacked in her sleep/ raped by Jake.
So Jake has gotten His way. He said He would get rid of Her & She is gone.
Don calls again. I tell Him, He better talk to His friends & His brother, they know more than I do, but 'something' happened because of his 'open door' policy.
I confront Lee. Why haven't U talked to Your friend ? ! Why is He calling Me, if U guys are 'so tight' ? ! Why aren't U telling Him the truth ? ! What kind of a friend are U, if U won't be honest with Him ! ? If U won't tell Him the Truth, I will, but it's not My job ! !
Suzy won't phone or visit Don's place. She has moved to another City.
Don & Suzy are phoning Me. I am in the 'middle' now. Don wants Suzy back, Don wants to talk to Suzy. Suzy wants Don to prove He is serious, by coming to her. Don just wants all the 'nonsense' to stop.
Meanwhile, Jake & Lee keep Don 'numbed', with endless partying, with party girls.
Don is back at work when He calls Me, crying. I am the only 1 being honest with Him, He says. He can't forget about Her. He dreams of Her. Without Her there, with Him, He might as well be dead. Why didn't He go see Her, why won't He ? He is being stubborn. He wants Her back at Home Base, He is most comfortable there. I explain how, when 'shit' happens, sometimes, in order to survive the memories, relocation is necessary, & that is where Suzy is at.
Don crashes, leaves his job, sits at home. His friends/brother keep it party central. I am not invited. Afterall, Lee uses the place to see Maria, something Don doesn't tell Me, either. I have a Baby to raise, & I do.
Time passes.
Suzy moves on. I see Her occasionally. She asks about Don, briefly, but 'it's' really something We can't talk about. She still dreams about Him too.
Don, eventually, goes to work with Lee, overseas.
Meanwhile, Lee & I break-up, violently. We both sign Peace Bonds, for a year. I am happy 2 do so. Now I won't have 2 take a beating, quarterly. Lee responds with no financial support & throws me into more chaos. Whatever . . .
Out of the blue, Don shows up here, with new friends, Shirley & Joe. I am suspicous. I don't trust Lee's friends. The kids go hide in the bushes. Don invites Me to come party with them, at Joe's place, out in the countryside. Joe & Shirley go for a walk, while Don & I talk. Don asks about Suzy. It's been years now. I tell Don, Suzy has moved on. Don's new gf is Shirley. Joe & Shirley come back giggling to themselves. They have been down to the Lake. It is a really hot day. Shirley's wet dress is clinging to her ample figure & Her headlights are on. They giggle something about plotting Don's demise. He waves them off, good naturedly, He wasn't planning on growing old anyway. Ha ha ha. I don't take off with them. I have a 'bad' feeling. I say to Don, when He straightens out, I will have a beer with Him, again. He says, Lee really didn't mean to give Me the impression He did, at the 'blow-out'/ break-up. I said, I am taking His 'threats' seriously. He shakes His head, like I shouldn't, gives Me some $$, & overseas cigarettes, & they are gone.
Two years pass.
I am in My own little world. Don't see the people from the past. Have rarely talked to Lee. At the break-up, I promised to lie to Him, for the next 8 years. The Courts said We could 'only' talk about the Baby & visitation. I strictly adhered to that . . I was SO angry, still. He stayed overseas, I think.
Now, Don & LT have disappeared. Last anyone heard, Joe & LT, were picking Don up, from the airport, to go back & party at Joe's. Don was no longer going out with Shirley, who had moved to around Joe's place. Don's new gf is Tina, from the City.
Joe's house burned to the ground, about a week after, Don arrived back in the country. Joe claims, Don & LT, took off to the City, but Tina hasn't heard from Don, either. The car they were in, was found abandoned, & the plates were gone.
One of my kids has this weird way of dreaming about 'dead' people, when they pass.
She had a nightmare, with Don in it. At the time, I didn't yet know, Don had disappeared. Now I am going . . . freaky ! !
So, Don is gone, 2 months now. Didn't call His Mom, on Mother's Day.
I am SO angry, on 1 hand ! I realize He got His wish, on the other hand.
'Shit' happened. His friends numbed Him, instead of telling the Truth, or acting Honorably. He went on to keep himself numbed, & has died, likely, like My kid dreamed. Jake gets everything, like He always said He would. I have yet to slap Jake. I will ! ! Have lost touch with Suzy, though She has probably dreamed the same as My kid.
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 10:39:09 AM |
I remember.
(I am going to make up names, 'cuz' this is a true story - still unsolved)
Um, do you by chance have a Cliff's Notes version of all that handy? I tried reading it but I couldn't follow where you were going at all. | |
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 10:52:40 AM | Hmm, what are Cliff's Notes ! ?
This is a real live soap opera/ love story turned into a CSI/RCMP investigation.
The 'short' story, for Me, is:
Don loved Suzy, & Suzy loved Don.
Jake is a spoilt little arrogant brat, that didn't like his Party House taken away.
Don just wanted his Love, & his Family.
Jake raped Don's Love.
Don's friends screwed him.
He didn't care to live, without his Love. He told Me 2 years ago He wouldn't be around long, that He would die young.
I believe that 'something' happened at Joe's. Then Joe torched his own house & disposed of the vehicle.
Does that work for U ! ? Not that U concern Me much. I have just been, at odds, since this came to Light . . . & needed a release. I'm sorry U can't follow it. | |
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 10:53:58 AM | | Don't know where you were going with the story, but people certainly can die of a broken heart. Where I live, there was a guy who was in Iraq, and when he came home, his girlfriend had cheated on him while he was away. He walked into the gas station she was working at, middle of the afternoon, packed with people, and shot himself in the head, dying in front of everybody there. | |
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 11:01:16 AM | Sorry . . .
All U speedsters.
I am not here 2 argue or defend myself . . .
I talk in text, sometimes, so what. I was an English Honor student that challenged.
My favorite poet pushed the 'limits' with his English, also.
Hmm,
all U proper people doing proper things . . .
excuse Me ! !
I usually hang in the Creative Writing forum . . .
but didn't think this true life . . Broken Heart story belonged there . . .
I do try to follow some rules ;) | |
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 11:15:56 AM | I am not here 2 argue or defend myself . . .
I don't recall anyone claiming you were. We're just trying to figure out what you're talking about.
I talk in text, sometimes, so what.
So what?! If you actually expect people to understand what you're writing, then text speak ain't the way to do it, that's so what. You'd think an English honor student would know that.
I also find it difficult to believe that an English honor student has never heard of Cliff's Notes.
My favorite poet pushed the 'limits' with his English, also.
There's a poetry forum if you want to post that sort of thing. If you want to communicate clearly and ensure that people have a reasonable chance of understanding what you're talking about, then that's what grammar and spelling are for.
but didn't think this true life . . Broken Heart story belonged there . . .
It's not the story itself that we're having difficulty with. It's the fact that nobody here has the slightest clue what you're talking ab0ut because you have chosen to write it in such a choppy style.
If you want people to understand what you're talking about and be able to respond in an appropriate fashion, then I think it's pretty obvious that writing 2,000 words of text speak is a poor way of accomplishing that end.
Seriously, we'd all LIKE to be able to help you out, but it's hard to do that if we haven't got a hope of understanding the situation. | |
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 11:21:35 AM | Jeez, they say everyone has one novel inside them....you just wrote yours!
Who is LT? The first mention is when he/she disappeared with Don!
The story is pretty confusing and not quite sure what all the drama with your ex had to do with anything.
Also really not quite sure of the point of your story or what you are getting at. Are you accusing Joe of killing Don or having a hand in his death? Has anyone actually reported Don missing? Has anyone informed the police?
EDIT: OMG, you are 47.....honestly I thought this was written by someone not long out of their teens! Also, you would think an English honour student would know me, he and we aren't capitalised (except for He when you are talking about God). | |
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 11:34:52 AM | I had a hard time with it too. And let me tell you I read a lot, like a book and half someday's 1000+ pages. And yes they are grown up books lol.
I think I got the jist of it though.
Did anyone ever file a missing persons report or anything like that? Might go a long way towards figuring out what happend if someone wanted to speak up where it might actually make a difference. | |
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 2:47:22 PM | So lets have a summary:
You have preference for associating with rough and violent men.
Your children have the sense to hide in the bushes from the people you associate with....
Your associates and ex threaten and commit violent criminal behaviour, you believe your friend has been raped but you do nothing. Even better you continued to associate with them. Don was threatened "jokingly" with being killed and now he is dead. Think, think, tick, tick, tock.....
Do you think Jake's rape might also be staking a claim on what is rightfully Don's? Jake habitually occupies Don's home as well for his parties, and otherwise shows a lack of respecting normally boundaries regarding Don. So when did Jake and Don's mother "pass away"? Who stood to inherit the house?
You don't seem to have a problem that your violent ex not only knows your whereabouts but is checking to see if Don has possibly alerted you to any fears he may have had.
The penny on your ex's reason for doing this has probably not dropped...
Any chance your children were fostered out to a more sane environment, or have they escaped at the first opportunity ? | |
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 3:34:49 PM | | Are you saying you think he was murdered? If so, shouldn't you be calling the cops? If you're scared of these people, most police departments have some sort of anonymous tip hotline thing. | |
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 4:02:06 PM | | Yeah the OP thinks Don died of a "broken" heart, and Suzie who remained too terrified to ever tell Don at all, remains missing......I take it Don never had children and we wonder who stood to inherit his house as well. The OP's own will and circumstances might be a current consideration as even when things were at their "best" her violent ex was extremely ambivalent in his feelings for her. All in all, the OP hasn't quite figured out much more than telling a story about it.....sometimes that isn't in the personal interest either..... | |
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 5:13:39 PM | OMG!
(e.e. cummings wrote without capitalization or puncuation, or put it where regular people didn't expect it. 'O' & did the scholars of the time roast him. big deal !)
I have been musing about 'roads taken'.
There is no fuccker that scares me. I have no preference for associating with rough & violent men. My kids hid in the bushes, as this was a few months after 'the incident', & the X had bothered to phone from overseas, saying I wouldn't live to see the Court issues, from that, resolved. I took the threat seriously. My kid had dreamed about the house disappearing. There were also rumors that he had plans to kidnap his kid & disappear overseas. These things really happen to people in the real world. So screw your summary.
The only one I knew that day, 2 years ago, was Don. He had new friends. Thought about that too.
I've had months to think about this.
First, I laughed, when my X called. He'd learned, over the past 2 years, that I am not talking to him anymore, at least not honestly. I was like, whatever, U got him to go overseas. That's what U always wanted. Lee is a real super control freak. He said, U wouldn't control him. Now he is just taking some extra time off, spending all that $$.
My friend was raped & I did nothing ! ! How dare U ! ! I was the one shoved in the middle. U didn't hear the endless phone conversations I ended up having, with Don & Suzy. Suzy would not talk to Don. She knew if she did, she would go back. If she went back, Don would have ended up killing Jake. She didn't want to be the one to be the cause of such chaos. Don't argue with me, I already did that with them. Don said he'd be better off dead. He appreciated my honesty.
Lee did not respect boundaries regarding Don, neither did Jake. They both wanted everything their way.
Jake & Don were Momma's boys. Jake still lived with Mom. Took Mom's keys to let himself in to Don's place, when Don wasn't there. He needed a place to party. Nevermind getting his own place, duh !
Their father had passed. Their mother is still alive. The assets would have been split between the two boys. Jake still lives with her. Don was drifting. First he stayed with Shirley, then he moved on to Tina. Details his mother filled me in on. She is the one I stopped by to visit the other day, to get the story straight, rumors were running wild, in town. She has talked to the police.
I did not contiue to associate with them. Do U really read. Time passed . . I moved on part . .
I do believe there was a fork in the road . . . back SO many years ago. That's why I said, he died of a broken heart . . . kinda. Actually murdered years after the fork in the road was taken.
Since I talked to his mom, I have had to stop to say. SOB Don made his words true.
He numbed himself to death, after Suzy.
Do I think he was murdered ? Yes, I do now. Take the suspicious circumstances surrounding his disappearance. Take the strange dream my kid had concerning him, around the same time.
Of course, I am still suspicious of the X's motives . . . Leopards don't change their spots.
On one hand, I am laughing, the X is getting older & would like 'things' to go back to where they used to be. On the other hand, I am out of it & proud of it. Like I said, I still need to slap Jake . . . fork in the road. If Jake were decent, I'd leave it alone, but . .
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Posted: 5/31/2008 6:00:01 PM | Do you have a question from all this? Need advice? Cuz I am having a hard time understanding why ANYONE would care about this.
"My friend was raped & I did nothing ! ! How dare U ! ! I was the one shoved in the middle. U didn't hear the endless phone conversations I ended up having, with Don & Suzy. Suzy would not talk to Don. She knew if she did, she would go back. If she went back, Don would have ended up killing Jake. She didn't want to be the one to be the cause of such chaos. Don't argue with me, I already did that with them. Don said he'd be better off dead. He appreciated my honesty."
You're very narcissistic aren't you? I want to hurl... | |
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 6:57:19 PM | chamelion, you mentioned about shirley and joe going down to the lake, coming back soaked and planning don's demise....are you sure that's what they were planning or could it be that they had a little fun behind don's back making shirley out to be a cheater? or was is because he knew of something that was supposed to be a secret between joe, lt, lee, and jake and he told shirley making her as an accessory to the crime as well? also, who is joe? how did he meet joe, through lee?
who is lt? when did that person come into play prior to them taking off to the city then disappearing? with the car being abandoned, when they found it was there any mechanical problems with it? if there was problems or ran out of gas the reason for taking the tags was to get another car and put them on it.
with regards to your daughter's dream, that does happen to some people and shouldn't be ignored. maybe if she was hypnotized she would be able to talk about events that could have happened for reasons of don's passing. some people find that very helpful with the search of a disappearance of a person.
i can also understand why you didn't come out and tell don about jake raping suzy but don't you think that it would have been to his best interest and suzy's as well if the truth be told? what i mean is that it might be hurtful about the boyfriend finding out that his love was raped by his own blood but he would also have a better understanding as to why she left. do you think that if he had known the truth about what happened he'd still be alive today? it also sounds like lee had a role to play in with what happened to suzy, not just jake. she could have possibly been raped by both guys and that's part of the reason why lee isn't being honest with don and why lee and jake both pretty much keep don in a drunken stuper. i seriously would have told him (don) everything with regards to the impressions that you're getting from suzy and the suspicions with lee's behavior.
you mentioned about don's brother and friends keeping him at a party central.....wouldn't that also bring a question into mind with regards to don's disappearance and death? sure, don could have had a broken heart and that would kill someone as well but with don's state of depression maybe he had it planned to just go off and disappear and die alone? at times you might hear of someone disappearing and being found dead and hearing of the person vanishing with the company of an outsider to cover his/her tracks then that other person taking off as well and relocating.
anyway, i hope things come to an end with finding out the truth about don's disappearance and death.
edit: my grandma on my father's side died less than 3 months after my grandpa died. sure she was up in years but my grandpa was there with her for over 60 years of their lives together....other than my aunt, uncle, and my father she didn't have anyone else and disowned my father's family.....so yeah, she did die of a broken heart, she was perfectly healthy, no heart problems or anything. | |
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 8:16:59 PM | Wow !
I REALLY don't hang in this forum. I usually read Creative Writing & Science stuff, not advice columns. After this treatment, I may likely stay there. I was not asking a question, nor do I need any advice. I am shaking my head at most of these comments.
People sometimes say so lightly . . . that they are going to kill somebody . . .
Don didn't take them seriously, or care . . . I did tell Don that Jake raped Suzy . . . He just wanted it to all go away.
Lee did have a role. He likes things his way & he didn't like the taming of Don, by Suzy.
I am fine. This is not my matter, or tragedy, though tragic it is.
Just a TRUE story I wanted to get off my chest. Shit happens all the time. There are all sorts of statistics to speak about how often shit happens. People & feelings are attached to those statistics.
At the end of the day . . I am saying . . Wow . . Don's journey is over . . but the destruction left behind still has to be sorted & dealt with.
All U folks out there . . . have a nice day !
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 9:19:48 PM |
I usually read Creative Writing & Science stuff, not advice columns
This might be the problem, you've read too much creative writing, and science stuff, and decided to write a little of your own in a different kind of thread. | |
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| He Died of a 'Broken Heart' . . . kinda !
Posted: 5/31/2008 9:37:27 PM | So Don has buggered off and turned his back on everyone, well done Don, sound like a load of 'back stabbing b**tards' from what I read.
Waiting for the next installment:
When Don reappears in the shower, and its all been a dream, Suzie waits seductively in the freshly laundered bed, with perfect make up and hair freshly permed.........
Cant you sleep either?
Now after reading that it is 6am and I am falling to sleep grrrrr | |
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