Corine and Dan get busy [10th instalment]

.............continued from 5/25/06
The Burlyboys were enjoying their nieces wedding and the Swedish country side. Dan, while filling in for the boys on vacation, decided to comb through the Blatz's trash to find any evidence that the scoundrels were trying to get rid of. He emptied their garbage can in the back of his truck late one night after the Blatz had put it out for pick up. He drove to the local city park and went through it to find nothing, but that shows you the dedication people felt to catch them in their crimes. Sally tells the story with much pride and humor. Dan has done this kind of thing before with another woman, a neighbors of his, that had also been ripped off ( I guess it is not so uncommon). He knew of a lawyer that handles this kind of stuff. So he gave her a call and they made an appointment. Sally hired the lawyer and Diane, the lawyer, went to work quickly.
Dan and Corrine informed her on all that they knew and also kept the Burlyboys informed on what was going on back home in the states. The big news was that since the Blatz were in contract in selling their house, they were just about free and clear, something had to be done to stop them. Well there was, Diane said that Sally needs to put up $150,000 dollars to put a lean on the proceeds of the sale of their house before they closed escrow or else they may just walk away since Sally had indeed put Cecil on all her accounts. Now where does a retired telephone operator come up with $150,000 in just days?

Corrine got busy informing all the Blatz's former neighbors just what was going on. How they had been skimming off Sally's money by selling her stock from under her nose. How they wrote themselves into her will. How they chased away all her friends, kept her isolated, and once suspected of something, skipped away secretly in the dark of night. Everyone was shocked! Comments were, "That's right, I thought their sudden move was odd." "They had been doing all that work to their home, showing it off to everyone so proudly." "Weren't they in the middle of redoing their kitchen?" "All those huge parties must have cost quite a bit!, I didn't know they had money like that." "The way they had turned on the Burlyboys, like they wanted everyone to know, do not piss them off, or you too will be out." "Just disappear like they did. It made no sense." Stories started arising how the Blatz had done this or that, things that just didn't seem right, nothing too big, just weird, how they seemed to manipulate everything. It turns out people really didn't care for them, something about them, and it wasn't just Maggie, Cecil was also phony, too sugary, insincere compliments, the complete opposite of Maggie who was just plain nasty, and not afraid to show it.

So what is Sally going to do? Glad you asked. Corrine tells all the neighbors Sally needs to put up $150.000 dollars bond to hold the paying of the profit of the sale of their home till she can prove the Blatzs wrong doing. If they are innocent they will get the money from the sale of their home, and the $150,000 bond will be returned to Sally. If they are guilty they will have to repay Sally what they took, and the bond again will be returned to Sally. If anyone can figure out the sum of what the stock was worth at the time of sale. Cecil will never tell or even admit his crime. Sally needs to put up the bond only to make the accusation. "What can I do?" "How can I help?" Again glad you asked! And everyone did, so beautifully and willingly.
to be continued..........................