More Police

On Monday night, or I should say Tuesday morning as it was 5am, Pip started barking and woke me up. She sleeps in what I call my office, and she normally wakes me up by coming to our bedroom and making a little squeaky whine about 2am to go outside for a wee. I don't mind this really as I'm ready for a wee myself. She'll often wake me again about 4-5am, this time I feed her breakfast and again go back to bed.

That night she didn't disturb me until the barking, and I got up and went to the front door where she was yapping. I flicked the outside light on as I reached the door and looked through the glass beside it to see two police officers again, about ten feet away from the door. They were peering at me with eyes above their face masks, in flouro vests and uniform and attachments. Instantly I recognized they were police and Pip ran up to them inquisitively to sniff their legs when I opened the door.

"How are you?" was my greeting. 

"Good, sorry to disturb you. We're doing a welfare check on Jean Thompson. Could we talk to her?"

"What time is it?" I said, rubbing my sticky eyes. I had no idea, Pip hadn't woken me before the barking so I had no idea, not checking as I stumbled out to find out what she was barking at. I had thought it was probably a dog or dogs she had heard outside as sometimes she does early morning, but usually after daylight when a couple of mongrels come in and shit on our lawn.

"It's 5 o'clock," they replied. "We had a report that Jean Thompson at this address was suicidal."

"A couple of your blokes were here last Friday night at 11.45 asking the same thing. I told them there was no Jean Thompson here. We're Williams, Carey Libby and Gordon."

The male said, "Yes we saw that," as he pointed to the cars, they must have run the plates on the computer.  

"Who is reporting that Jean Thompson is here and suicidal?"

"Someone from interstate, online." Do you have any weird neighbours?"

"Nothing to be alarmed about, there's quite a variety, I don't know them all in the street."

"Oh well, sorry to disturb you. Maybe you should put a sign up 'Jean Thompson does not live here'." It was the female that said this, she laughed, it was meant in humour, and I took it that way.

"Take it easy," I said as they walked back their car."You must be busy with all that's going on on."

"Thanks we are very busy, you go back and get some sleep."

That I did.

It has been a busy week thus far. I'm still picking lots of variegated pitto but my supply is nearly exhausted. It has kept me going through winter, that and the mixed bunches have been in high demand. Tonight I watched Gold Coast vs Essendon, I had a live $3, 8 game multi on the result, needing a GC win for $100 collect. It was a draw. Luckily the rules say a draw on multis gives a win with reduced payout so I still collected $50. I'm on a roll, $80 last week, $50 this week, and $700 a few weeks ago on Gord's tip 9. And $350 on a 50 cent trifecta the weekend after, and a $70 tattslotto prize last week.