{"id":7853,"date":"2026-11-01T17:39:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T17:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/?p=7853"},"modified":"2026-11-01T17:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T17:39:25","slug":"my-neighbor-blocked-our-driveway-twenty-two-mornings-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/?p=7853","title":{"rendered":"My neighbor blocked our driveway twenty-two mornings in a row &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Denise had always been someone who believed that other people\u2019s problems were none of her concern. For three weeks, she had treated our driveway like an extension of the road outside her house. She had ignored my requests, watched me take photographs, and listened to my children asking why we couldn\u2019t leave for school. But that Wednesday morning, something was different.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fpnh11-2.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/853001828_122127264351257929_209972141794657486_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&amp;cstp=mx526x701&amp;ctp=s526x701&amp;_nc_cat=104&amp;_nc_map=urlgen_bucketless&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=CWJ18_ZefKIQ7kNvwGqU8EZ&amp;_nc_oc=AdpbHdE2Too_qH9XvWlLJopTZ1pXt0t5CeTYjbZ2SrmZcogMmcUeGPKvNUlaIgeKPiA&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fpnh11-2.fna&amp;_nc_gid=NfAZZe7yAFAP1F2UHCpS5g&amp;_nc_ss=7b2a8&amp;oh=00_AQQpmFa4jDp1m9sh5O8cqe9wR7sZA0pCsI-Rw5dtf89r5w&amp;oe=6AED3FF3\" alt=\"No photo description available.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At approximately 7:15 a.m., I heard the unmistakable sound of a large vehicle pulling up outside. I was standing at the kitchen window with my coffee when I saw it. A council enforcement vehicle had stopped directly behind Denise\u2019s silver Corsa. Two uniformed officers stepped out. One approached the driver\u2019s side of her car, while the other examined the entrance to our driveway. He looked at the photographs I had printed and placed inside a folder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\">I couldn\u2019t hear their conversation, but I could see them pointing toward the obstruction. Then one of them took out a camera. They photographed the car from several angles. They photographed the driveway. They even measured the distance between the vehicle and the entrance. I had spent twenty-two mornings documenting what Denise apparently believed nobody would ever do anything about. Now someone official was documenting it too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">A<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">few<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">minutes<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">later,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Denise\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">bedroom<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">curtains<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">suddenly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">moved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">appeared<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">window<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wearing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">dressing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">gown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">At<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">first,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">confused.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">noticed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">officers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">expression<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">changed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">disappeared<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">window,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">less<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">than<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">two<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">minutes<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">later,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">front<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">door<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">flew<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWhat\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">going<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">on?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">shouted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">One<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">officers<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">calmly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">introduced<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">himself<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">explained<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">they<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">received<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">complaint<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">repeated<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">obstruction<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">residential<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">driveway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Denise<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">immediately<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">became<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">defensive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThis<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ridiculous!<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">It\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">only<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">car!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">officer<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">gestured<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">entrance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cYour<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">vehicle<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">preventing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">occupants<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">property<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">accessing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">their<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">driveway.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Denise<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">folded<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">arms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI\u2019ve<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">parked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">here<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">before.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Nobody<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">anything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">almost<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">laughed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Nobody<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">anything?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I\u2019d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">knocked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">on<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">door<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">repeatedly.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I\u2019d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">spoken<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">politely.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I\u2019d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">explained<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">children<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">were<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">being<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">affected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">even<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">face<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I\u2019d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">survive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">remained<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">inside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wanted<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">see<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">how<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">this<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">would<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">unfold<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">without<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">turning<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">into<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">another<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">argument<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">between<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">neighbors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">officer<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">asked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Denise<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">provide<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">vehicle<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">registration<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">reluctantly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">explained<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">complaint<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">included<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">photographs<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">showing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">repeated<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">incidents<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">over<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">period<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">three<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Denise<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">glanced<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">For<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">first<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">time,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">our<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">eyes<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">met<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">through<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">windows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">furious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">beneath<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">anger,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">noticed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Uncertainty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cShe\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">been<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">taking<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">pictures<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Denise<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">demanded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">officer<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">replied<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">calmly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">photographs<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">appear<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">show<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">vehicle<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">obstructing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">driveway<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">on<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">multiple<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">occasions.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">We\u2019re<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">here<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">establish<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">circumstances<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">deal<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">obstruction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Denise<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">shook<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThis<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">unbelievable.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">It\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">quiet<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">street.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Nobody<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">needs<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">make<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">such<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fuss.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">came<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sentence<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">made<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">put<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">down<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">coffee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWhere<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">exactly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">am<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">supposed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">park?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">officer<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">pointed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">two<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">empty<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">parking<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">spaces<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">outside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">own<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">property.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">watched<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Denise<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">follow<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">finger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">There<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">they<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">were.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Two<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">perfectly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">usable<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">same<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">spaces<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she\u2019d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ignored<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">officer<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">asked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">move<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">car.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hesitated,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">house<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">again,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">finally<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">walked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">driver\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">For<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">moment,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thought<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">might<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">refuse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">climbed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">inside,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">started<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">engine,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">moved<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Corsa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Our<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">driveway<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">finally<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">clear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stood<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">there<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looking<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">empty<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">entrance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">It<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">such<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">small<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">A<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">simple<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stretch<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">pavement<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">should<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">never<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">have<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">become<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">source<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">anxiety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Yet<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">felt<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tears<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">gathering<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">because<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">won<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">an<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">argument.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Because,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">first<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">time<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">twenty-two<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mornings,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">knew<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">take<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">children<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">school<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">without<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wondering<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whether<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we\u2019d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">trapped<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">morning<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wasn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">over.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">officer<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wasn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">finished<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">speaking<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Denise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">returned<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">folder<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">showed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">A<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">printed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">record<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">dates<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Twenty-two<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">separate<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">incidents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Denise\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">expression<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hardened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">as<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">read<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">through<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hadn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">expected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWell,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">didn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">many.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">down<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">photographs<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hadn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">known?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">watched<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">take<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">heard<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">knock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">seen<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">children<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">waiting<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">car.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">yet<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">somehow,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">convinced<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">herself<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">none<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mattered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">officer<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">continued<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">speaking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">couldn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hear<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">every<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">word,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">but<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">understood<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">important<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">part.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">complaint<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">would<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">recorded,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">obstruction<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">would<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">assessed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">under<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">applicable<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">local<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">rules,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">further<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">action<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">follow<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">if<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">conduct<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Denise<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">nodded<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">reluctantly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">directly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">kitchen<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">window.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">face<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">no<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">longer<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">smug.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">embarrassed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">angry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Very<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">angry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thought<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">would<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">end<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Because<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">later<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">afternoon,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">happened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">made<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">realize<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Denise<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wasn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">simply<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">upset<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">being<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">worried<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">At<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">around<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">four<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">o\u2019clock,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">someone<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">knocked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">on<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">front<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">It<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Denise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wasn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">smiling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wasn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">leaning<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">casually<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">against<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">doorframe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stood<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">on<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">doorstep<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">holding<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">folded<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">piece<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cCan<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">talk?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">opened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">door<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">slightly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wider.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cAbout<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">held<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">up<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cApparently,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you\u2019ve<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">made<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">quite<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">serious<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">complaint.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">nodded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cYes.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">did.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">down<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">paper<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">back<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThere\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">should<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">why<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I\u2019ve<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">been<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">parking<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">waited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">took<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">breath.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">next<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hadn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">anticipated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1kw3rcc x104jwf5 x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Denise<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">uncomfortable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">For<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">first<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">time<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">since<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">moving<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">into<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">number<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">14,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">seemed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">unsure<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">glanced<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">over<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">shoulder<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hallway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cCan<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">come<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hesitated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">After<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">everything<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">happened,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">last<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wanted<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">another<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">uncomfortable<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">conversation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">expression<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">made<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">curious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stepped<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">aside.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-d-component=\"text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/?p=7854\">CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING THE NEXT \ud83d\udc49PART 2- The Truth Behind the Silver Corsa &#8230;<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denise had always been someone who believed that other people\u2019s problems were none of her concern. 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