Tom’s tentative plan is not to renew his license when it expires in 2030. He’s eagerly awaiting the day he’s not able to drive because he hates driving so much, lol. He also insists that an Uber wouldn’t cost much more than the insurance we pay. It’s not like we would be going places every day. I understand how he feels, but I would hate to lose the freedom and spontaneity that having a car gives. Sooner or later, though, as we continue to age, it definitely won’t be worth keeping. Besides, it’s not going to last forever, and when it breaks, we’re almost certainly not going to be able to afford to replace it.
I was watching a true crime documentary on Paramount Plus, and there was one fascinating and complex case that made me think of Molly and her mother right away. There was a woman named Jenelle who looked a lot like Molly and even wore the glasses she would wear. She was unattractive, shy, weird, and not very popular. She had a crush on this guy who wasn’t interested in her, and she wasn’t the least bit happy when he took up with another woman and had a kid with her. So Jenelle started bashing herself anonymously, posing as the couple on a forum called Topix. Her parents really believed the threats were real and coming from the couple, the couple that their twisted daughter was actually targeting. Jenelle also created an account from “Chris the CIA agent” discussing killing the couple with her parents. Turns out Chris was catfished. He was actually a cop and someone Jenelle went to school with. Anyway, Jenelle’s mother, a vicious mama bear similar to Molly’s mother, instigated a hit, which her husband and some other guy carried out on the couple.
I had heard of the case before. That’s the only problem with being into true crime—you’ve heard of most of the cases.
Why, oh why, is it that after 11 years, I still can’t stop thinking of Nane at times and wishing we could go back in time and rekindle our friendship? How did this woman come to have such a long-lasting effect on me? And why? As Irene even said, she’s a phony, hypocritical, judgmental bitch. The good-looking ones usually are, and damn was she a hottie. I was looking back through some of her old pictures that I saved last night. I totally regret getting rid of our chat thread like I did. I would love to read back through some of our chats.
And oh, how that curious side of me always lives on. So many things I wonder about her. Is she still in the same apartment she had been in for 17 years when we last spoke? If she really has retired, did she really get to move to Greece or Turkey like she talked about? I wonder what it was about those particular countries that drew her to them as opposed to Spain, Portugal, or some other Mediterranean country. I also wonder why she never got a house. I’m guessing it had to do with all the traveling she loved to do. She probably felt safer leaving a top-story apartment empty as opposed to a house whenever she would travel. She probably also felt safer in one when she was home.
I wonder what happened to Askim and if she’s with anyone. What is her health like these days? Is she lonely? Is she sociable? What does she do in her free time now that she’s not working?
Just why, oh why, do I miss this woman? This woman, who stopped giving a damn about me ages ago and likely doesn’t even remember I exist.
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