He began calling and texting daily with excuses about being under pressure, but I ignored him entirely until Paige found a disturbing listing on a marketplace app.
Brenda had created an account and was selling my mother’s strawberry apron, her ceramic mixing bowls, and her sewing basket for ten dollars each.
I drove to his parents’ house with Paige, and Brenda actually admitted to the theft by saying it had been a fun hobby to sell off the items.
Paige started to cry because she was watching her grandmother reveal herself to be a thief who saw other people’s grief as a financial resource.
“Take down every listing immediately,” I commanded, but Brenda just rolled her eyes and told me not to be so dramatic.
We drove straight to the police station to file a report for stolen property, which caused the platform to freeze her account that same afternoon.
Russell called me in a panic and begged me to withdraw the report for the sake of the family, but I told him that we were now just people with a legal problem.
I noticed that Don looked quite ill during our encounter, so I told Russell to get his father checked out by a doctor.