On craigslist.com, a “don” wrote that he was moving. “I’m starting a new life, and I don’t want anything that reminds me of my old life,” don announced on the website. Giving his address, he invited everyone to visit his apartment on April 19 from 8 to noon: “Take whatever you want; it’s all free.”
When the real don returned from his morning shift at the hospital that day, he was surprised to find his apartment door unlocked. He was shocked to find his apartment stripped clean. I’ve been robbed, he thought. He knocked on his neighbor’s door.
Virgil told don that he had seen strangers coming and going that morning. When Virgil asked them what was going on, one said that don was giving all his belongings away. “I wish you had told me,” Virgil said. “When I went into your apartment, there was nothing good left.”
don explained that he hadn’t told Virgil about the giveaway because he hadn’t known about it himself. Virgil said that he saw Pamela inside the apartment; she seemed to be in charge of things. “My ex-girlfriend Pamela?” don asked. “My angry ex-girlfriend Pamela?”
“Ex? When did you two break up?” Virgil asked.
They had dated for two years. Pamela had left him just recently. She had seen don standing with a woman in the parking lot. don had told her it was only his coworker. “Your coworker? Is it normal for coworkers to kiss in the parking lot?” Pamela asked. don said that he wasn’t kissing his coworker. She had simply asked him to smell her breath to be sure her breath smelled okay. She had eaten garlic bread at lunch.
As Pamela stormed away, don heard her say something about getting even.