I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT TIME IT WAS, BUT, IN THE STILL OF ONE DARK NIGHT, A SHOT WAS FIRED. IT WAS RIGHT BENEATH MY SECOND FLOOR BEDROOM WINDOW, BUT, IT HAD TO BE MORE FRIGHTENING FOR OUR FIRST FLOOR TENANT, WHO REALLY TOOK IT IN STRIDE AND DIDN'T MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT, SHE WAS GREAT THAT WAY.
I HAD BEEN ASLEEP ALREADY, HAVING TO GET UP AT 3:30 AM TO GET READY FOR WORK. I REMEMBER JUMPING UP, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF I WENT DOWN AND SPOKE TO LINDA THEN, OR THE NEXT DAY. I HOPE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT THEN. WE DIDN'T CALL THE POLICE, FIGURING IT WAS JUST AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, WHICH IT WAS.
UNTIL A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER WHEN SOMEONE FIRED A SHOT DURING THE NIGHT FROM THE NEXT STREET OVER. I HEARD ALLOT OF SCREECHING TIRES AND SHOUTING, BUT COULDN'T TELL WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. THE NEXT DAY, OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR CALLED ME OVER TO HIS BACKYARD AND SHOWED ME THE HOLE IN HIS VINYL STOCKADE FENCE AND THAT THE BULLET THAT WAS FIRED, LANDED IN HIS POOL.
THE ABOVE PHOTO SHOWS THE ARBORVITAE I PLANTED AND THE PRIVACY SCREEN I PUT UP, HOWEVER THE FIRST SHOOTING INCIDENT HAPPENED AFTER THE TREE AND SCREEN WERE PUT UP. IF YOU WERE RUNNING FROM SOMEONE YOU COULD STILL JUMP THE CHAIN LINK FENCE FROM THE NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY, SHOOT THROUGH OUR BACKYARD AND CLIMB THE HIGH FENCES IN THE REAR. SO, WE BOUGHT A CUSTOM MADE VINYL STOCKADE GATE WHICH BUTTED UP AGAINST THE CHAIN LINK AND WAS PARALLEL WITH THE SIMILAR STOCKADE FENCE NEXT DOOR. THAT SEEMED TO HAVE DONE THE TRICK.
IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND MY USING YOUR NAME, LINDA.
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