“But I wouldn’t throw a rock in your window,” Fredrick said. “Are you sure it’s not a kid? Or like one of your students that you ticked off?”
“Come on, Fredrick. They are five. They can barely throw a golf ball through a window, not a rock like this. And all my kids were in class today.”
He was such an idiot.
“It’s not me. I’m at work and have been here all day. Sorry.”
“What about Lana?” she asked. “Is she there?”
“I have no idea. We don’t work together anymore and we don’t talk much.”
“Did you talk to her about the letter?”
He sighed. “I did. She said she didn’t do it, but I don’t believe her.”
“If it’s not her then it’s you,” she said. “And you’re lying.”
“I didn’t do it,” he hissed. “I’m positive she’s lying. I know her tells. But since she got caught, I doubt she’ll do anything again.”
“You mean like throw a rock through my window?”
“I don’t know what to tell you, but it’s not me,” Fredrick said. “I’m sorry. I really am, but you’ve got to stop calling me. Or I’m going to think it’s harassment on your end.”
He hung up on her.
Her eyes grew wide as she looked at her phone in her hand.
She growled and found Gale’s number and hit the button. She needed some legal advice first.
“Hi, Meredith. I heard the wedding was a success on Saturday.”
“I thought it was,” she said. “But I had little to do with it.”
“Don’t kid yourself,” Gale said. “My mother said it went smoothly and even Clay was impressed.”
She frowned. It would have been nice for him to say those words toher.
“I’m really sorry to bother you, but I’ve got a situation. Remember my ex and what happened?”
“Yeah, the things you did and his reaction. What’s going on?”
“I thought it was all done, but I guess not. I don’t know. He says it’s not him.” She sniffled. It was all hitting her at once and now she wondered if it was a good idea being in her house right now. But where would she go?
“Did something happen today?” Gale asked. “You sound like you’re crying.”
“I came home to a rock thrown through my window with a mean word on it. And on Saturday I got a vile letter saying even more. I thought it was Fredrick. There were reasons for me to think it was. He said it was the woman that he cheated on me with. I don’t care at this point. I just told him I was going to take action. What are my choices?”
“I’m sorry,” Gale said. “That is horrible. But you need to call the sheriff’s department and report it. That’s the first step. If they aren’t admitting it, there isn’t much you can do. You can’t get a restraining order without proof. Right now no one is owning up to those two things.”
“And my car. Someone damaged that.”
“So three things with no evidence of who? Start with the sheriff’s department and go from there. I’m sorry I can’t helpyou more though from a legal standpoint, but I can be there as a friend.”
“Thanks,” she said. “I hoped I could just send him some letter to back off.”
“Keep me posted after you report this. Make sure you put it all on file. Start there.”
She hung up and called the sheriff’s department next. They said they would send someone over.
