Psycho

Well, today is my last day at work. I'm a little sad, but really excited to have two weeks off! I could write a sappy post today, but I won't because there is an even bigger fiasco going on in my life...

I didn't post yesterday b/c I was too busy making phone calls and taking care of a BIG problem. On Weds. night I got a call from a credit card company alerting me that there is a credit card in my maiden name with a balance over $8,000 that is 16 months overdue! WTF? So, I freak out because it's total fraud and it's not me. The card has been used during the last year and a half, AND payments have been made on it! The payments were made from another checking account at my bank. They gave me the last four digits of the account number - not my account. They also asked if I had lived at these two other addresses, which I did not, but they happen to be the addresses of my brother and BIL (who we will now refer to as PIL - psycho-in-law). So, I flip out and ask what I'm supposed to do and start making phone calls.

I called my brother, because I just innocently thought there had to some weird computer glitch or mistake or something. Well, the payments were made from their account. Yeah, those four digits matched. OK? So, my brother freaks and asks me to talk to PIL b/c she handles their finances. She doesn't quite have the same freak-out reaction. She just says, "I don't know. We have so many cards, I'd have to check." WTF????????????? You don't know if you have an $8,000 balance on a credit card?????????? OK. So, the lady at the credit card company said they would look into and get back to me, but told me to call yesterday and file a fraud report. So, I did that.

I pulled up my credit report to find out more about this, and it shows me the balance history, the account number and some other info. The fraud people told me where the last few charges were made (at the outlet mall where her sister used to work). They also said they would pull a copy of the check that made the last payment. I told them about the addresses being my brother's, and I asked if there could be some mistake. They told me, "No, the only way this happened is that someone is using a card with your name on it. Your ss# has been compromised, and the person is able to verify your mom's maiden name."

Now, I did not accuse anyone of anything. I didn't really attack anyone or anything, but I turned it over to the investigators, who will get to the bottom of it and get back to me in a week. They asked if I would be willing to file a police report against whomever did this, and I said, "yes."

Now, I'm not stupid and I know that nobody would believe my brother was me. I also know that my brother is not smart enough to go online and update the address for the bill (yes, the address has been updated through the years b/c the account has been open for 5 years!) He doesn't handle their finances at all - she does.

So, my brother is feeling really bad. She's denying it, but he doesn't totally believe her.

We're not doing anything about it until the investigator confirms it, but we're pretty sure the psycho is pretending to be me and racking up charges and not paying the bills. So, yes, the bitch could go to jail and their marriage could be annulled and ya know - what went around, might actually come around to her!

I'm really creeped out by it all, because if she really did do this - it's really freaky and I think she has some mental obsession with wanting my life. I think that's why she did what she did with my husband, and I think she has always wanted everything that I have.

In retrospect there have been other things that could have been part of her mental problems - wanting my dad to be her cotillion escort (as he had done the cotillion with me two years prior), always making comments about me being the "princess of the family" and then getting upset when the same things were not done for her, just dumb stuff. But ya know, if she really has this obsession and jealous dilusions, then it makes me scared for Maddy's safety and you can bet your ass it will be a cold day in hell before she will be spending any time near my baby.

I feel horrible for my brother, and I'm trying hard not to be 100% sure that it's her. He's talked to me about the "what if's" and he's freaking out. I don't want him to get hurt, but if it means that in the end, our family is safe and her true colors finally are shown to the rest of the world, than so be it.

So my life went from a dimented Jerry Springer episode to a fucking scary movie! Garage codes have been changed and every door in my house gets locked the second I get in - I really just want to get to the bottom of it all.