When I finally talked myself completely out of breath, I was surprised to find
that Mark wasn't surprised at all. He told me that in the late nineties
the letters were making their way around the Internet, that someone had contacted him
way back then about them. So are they real? Misty was a girl.
Seventy seven degrees sounds great. It's eighty nine here just now. It's
not even eleven in the morning. Yesterday it got to one hundred and two.
No, Jackie was the redhead of gal. She never worked. I
always knew not working would be bad for her. A woman ought to know
how to do things. Jackie didn't know how to do much. When her
Frank passed, she didn't even know whether the house they lived in was paid
for. Frank was her husband. Do you remember Frank? Like I always
say, a woman ought to know things. I do remember, Patty.
You always had to keep a yardstick between her and your purse and your husband
and all her spirituality. Mumbo Jumbo was obnoxious, although she was a very
talented artist. Does she still do those pet portraits? If you have her
number, I might get in touch and see if she would do a portrait
of Misty. Do you think she would give me a discount? December seventh,
nineteen eighty eight, Mark, there is a letter for you from Rob
in this envelope. I am sorry you are making me turn things over to
him, but it seems to me that this is the only way I'm going
to get back my security deposit from you, plus interest plus everything else you
owe me. I don't want to sue you in small claims court, so
why don't you just pay me what you owe me. We aren't working at
the Christmas Tree Farm anymore. That job didn't work out so good. The
Christmas Tree Farm had to go out of business, So now Rob and I
have time to work on all this security deposit stuff. Rob and me are
thinking about moving back to the Bay Area. If you haven't already rent my
house to someone else, I might be interested in renting again. Maybe you
could give me a deal for being a repeat customer or something yours. Karen,
ps, don't throw out the cat painting. If you throw it out,
you will have December seventh, nineteen eighty eight, Dear mister Mark,
Karen has shown me your letters to her. Karen has also shown me her
letters to you. It's seemed that you do not tend to return Karen's security
deposit to us. Karen has asked me to be her legal representative. Karen
wants a check from you in the next ten days. Karen wants her security
deposit back. Karen also wants the interest on her deposit for the fifteen months
Karen was your tenant. Karen wants you to pay the thirty four point four
percent a year interest you agreed to pay. If Karen does not receive a
check from you in the next ten days, Karen will sue you in small
claims court. Karen hopes you'll pay up. Karen would prefer not to go
to court. Karen would also like her cat painting back. Karen would like
two hundred dollars for the cat painting if you do not give it back,
Karen would like one or the other or both also in the next ten days.
Ten days means December eighteenth, or maybe nineteenth, depending on when you
get this letter from me legally or there's mister Rob Esquire, Legal advisor to
Karen, December eleventh, nineteen eighty eight. Dear Karen, before you initiate
a suit in Portland small claims court for the refund of a security deposit on
a house in Oakland, California. I strongly advise you to first go speak
to your family lawyer, and I don't mean Rob. I've tried repeatedly and
unsuccessfully to explain to you the concept of jurisdiction. Portland, Oregon Small Claims
Court has no jurisdiction in California. Sincerely, Mark, December fifteenth, nineteen
eighty eight. Dear mister Mark, Karen showed me your letter to her.
Karen still wants her security deposit back plus interest. In my legal opinion,
the question of jurisdiction is a mute point, which means you still owe Karen
the money ce Roe versus Wade. On another matter, Karen and me are
no longer working at the Christmas Tree Farm. Do you think your uncle in
Boston could kt me into his law school legally? Yours, mister Rob Esquire,
Legal advisor to Karen, December fifteenth, nineteen eighty eight. Dear Mark,
Karen, Rob and I need jobs. We all got fired from the
Christmas Tree Farm. There was an accident at the Christmas Tree Farm and they
blamed Rob. It wasn't really his fault. If you ask me it could
have happened to anyone. I wasn't even there, but they fired me too.
Can you imagine anyway? The owner of the Christmas Tree Farm wasn't very
nice about it. He wouldn't give us letters of recommendation. He didn't even
give us two weeks notice. He just fired us. And now we found
out that we can't collect unemployment insurance just because Karen and Rob didn't work long
enough at the Christmas Tree Farm to collect unemployment insurance. Anyway, could you
or any of your landlord rints hire us. You said you hire people all
the time to work on your house. Rob can do stuff with electricity.
Karen is very practical and good with numbers. I'm not practical. I'm an
artist. I could decorate your houses, and I worked for a short while
in a pickle factory. Well, if you can think of any jobs that
we would be good for, let me know. Bye your tenant. Ellen,
December twenty second, nineteen eighty eight. Dear Mark, my father told
me you are right. He says I can't sue you in Portland for my
deposit. He wasn't talking to me for the last two weeks. He was
mad at me. For getting fired from that Christmas tree farm. But I
can't tell you about that except that I don't think it was really our fault
anyway. Supposing you're right, then I would have to sue you in Oakland.
But Oakland is almost three hundred miles from Portland, so I would appreciate
it if you would do me a favor. Would you go to wherever you
go and get me forms to fill out so I can sue you and send
them to me. If there aren't any instructions for the forms, would you
tell me what to do? This is the first time I've ever sued someone,
and I really don't know what I'm doing. Yours, Karen, December
eighteenth, nineteen eighty eight. Dear Karen, I'm not going to respond to
letters from Rob. He was not a tenant of mine and he is not
qualified to act as your quote legal representative. Notwithstanding the fact that Rob is
still seriously thinking about applying to law school, don't you know that there are
serious penalties for practicing law without a license. I'm not sending you any money,
and you cannot sue me in this case. In Portland. Jurisdiction is
not a mute point or a moot point either in a matter like this.
By the way, the issue in the case Roe versus Wide was abortion,
not yourisdiction. Mark, December twenty sixth, nineteen eighty eight. Dear Karen,
before sending me any more letters, read and reread this letter, and
then don't send me any more letters. One I am not going to help
you sue me. Two I am not going to pick up any forms or
advise you how to fill them out so you can sue me note well.
Three I am not going to send you any money. Four I am not
going to accept the cat painting or anything else as a trade or inducement to
send you money. Five I am not going to re rent were former residents
to you. Six I'm not going to rent anything to you ever. Seven
I am not going to respond to letters from your legal representative Rob. Eight
I am not going to ask my uncle to admit Rob to his or any
other law school. Very sincerely, Mark, January first, nineteen eighty nine.
Dear mister Mark, Karen read your last letter. Karen still wants her
security deposit back plus interest. Karen feels that you are not being fair with
her and that you have used the jurisdiction loophole too many times already, Karen
left her house clean. Karen gave you thirty days written notice before she left.
None of us broke anything in Karen's house on purpose. It is almost
eight hundred miles from Karen's house in Portland to the Oakland Small Claims Court in
Oakland, but only five miles from your house in Berkeley. Karen feels that
you are being unfair by your refuse to go to the Oakland Courthouse and fill
out a complaint against yourself so Karen can sue you. It is only a
small favor Karen is asking you to do, and Karen is willing to allow
you to deduct the cost of the filing the complaint from her security deposit refund.
At this point, I do not see any way that my client Karen
can sue you for the refund of her security deposit unless you cooperate legally.
Yours, mister Rob Esquire, Legal advisor to Karen, January second, nineteen
eighty nine. Dear Karen, on December second, nineteen eighty eight, I
sent you a letter in which I stated that you have thirty days to pick
up your cat painting or I would have it taken to the city dump.
This letter is to inform you that I had your cat painting taken to the
dump this morning. As you have made no effort to pick up this painting
during the last thirty days, I will not charge you for the hauling or
dump fies. Now, before you ask, let me assure you that I'm
not going to pay you any compensation for the lost value of this painting,
if indeed it has any As far as I'm concerned, your cat painting is
what I call visual epicac. Hippacac is a South American plant whose extract is
used to induce vomiting. Undoubtedly, you have no idea what I'm talking about.
Therefore, let me just explain that the cat painting has gone forever and
I'm not paying you anything for its loss. That's Sally Mark, January third,
nineteen eighty nine. Dear Mark, I've been studying letters you sent Karen
a few days ago, and I've been thinking and thinking about it. If
you won't send Karen's security deposit back to her, why don't you just send
it to me instead? Then I can split the money with Karen when your
check arrives. That way, everybody is happy, you know, Mark,
If you don't mind my saying so, your letters to Karen lately have been
sounding a little unfriendly. This can give you bad karma. You should try
meditating before you write letters. It's very soothing, and meditating is very chic
right now. And speaking of bad karma, Karen says that she heard that
they're building a doomed baseball stadium in your hometown of Baltimore. Talk about bad
karma, your tenant, Ellen, January third, nineteen eighty nine. Dear
Mark, Well, you sure were right about one thing in your last letter.
I have no idea what you were talking about. I don't want some
stupid plant that makes people vomit. I'm not dumb, you know. I
just want back my security deposit. Rob says that he thought your letter was
insulting. Ellen isn't sure. I think you may have been joking, but
if you were, I didn't get it. But let's get down to business.
So now, in addition to everything else you owe me, you also
owe me one hundred and ninety seven dollars, which is almost two hundred dollars
that Ellen paid for the cat painting. And what about the mermaid clock we
left. Ellen thinks it's a real old valuable antique. Karen, God,
I don't have any more time for this. Leslie, Leslie with them?
Where's Leslie? Well do I know? But wait, you said you found
Ellen? Are you value did? Well? Yeah, that's a different let's
let's we'll get to that forward. The more research that I do, the
more unsure about everything, the more it makes sense, the less it makes
sense. So this Karen and Rob as we know them, as we we
know, we think this is them, right, this is our best clue.
Her email to you, you know, blah blah. So if that
is her, this is Rob because she was married to him, okay,
right, and they the wealthy family. Okay, I found his family.
He so she had it. Oh sorry, that daughter was her daughter from
a previous marriage, and then they had one son together. So she had
two kids from from a previous marriage, and then they had one son together.
And that's how I found out that for sure he was married to her
because at their son's wedding, there's a picture of Karen. Okay, so
I'm just trying to like it makes sense, but it doesn't because they're like,
it's the that's Karen who I've been emailing with, who is like confirmed
she was the Karen and she's married to someone with the same last name who
comes from a lot of money. Mm hmm. I can't find anything on
her. Well. But then also like they're what like twelve years too old
and they had kids at the time, Yeah, one maybe two because they
were No, she would have had two, she would she would have had
their the first son, because that was from her previous marriage. Okay,
I need a minute to marinate on that. Let's talk about the l and
you found who was not a child of Karen. Okay. So so you
know, I look at the records of who lived in the house, and
you know, going through there's one Karen on there. Okay, right,
But the first thought was like the Karen that's on there, the the age
was off. I think I can't remember why I counted her out and that
was not email Karen. I guess that's what we should right. Oh,
No, she had no connection to Portland. That's I counted her out or
something like that. I can't remember where I was like, no, that's
not our Karen. Well, no, the I had her name, you
gave me her name, and that wasn't her, right. So I'm looking
and there's no there's like no Ellen's like on the list, but there's this
name that's like super Jewish, just like Ellen's name was right. And I'm
like, would it really like would it really be that like that? And
I started looking at her and she lives has lived in the Portland area.
She has lived in Seattle. She currently lives in the area now. Actually,
and she as I was going through I'm going to send you a picture,
this picture and You're going to die. She's kind of artistic. She's
into the you know, natural healing, you know. And I'm like,
Okay, that's feeling very Ellen like. And then I find this art project
which is literally prints of fish just laid out across the floor, shot up,
dead serious, you'll die when you see it. It's just like I
was like, oh my god, she's really she's she's got PTSD from watching
the fish. This art project got to be HER's got to be her.
She definitely lived in the apartment for the cottage, definitely definitely lived there.
Portland roots. She was not born there, but she has lived there.
She lives in the She's the Northwest person and she is an artist who's into
natural healing. You know, she paints fish and she like said, come
on, there is no way that's not Ellen. It's yeah, seriously,
is how old is she's? She's she's the right age. She's like my
age and I'm about like Karen and Ellen's age. Does she have no connections
to Mike to email Karen. No, I can't find any connection to your
email Karen at all. And they have different last names. Yeah, So
like, if these are real people, either your email Karen and I'll call
him email. Rob had baby Ellen and he made her older or fish Ellen
or Fishelin had a roommate that we don't know about because I can't tell who
lived in the house when she might have had a roommate. For all we
know she lived with them, but we can't place them. But that would
be weird because they're they were married and they had you know, or maybe
there's another Karen out there that we don't know about, or maybe you know,
these aren't real letters, which I don't want to believe. Sorry,
looking at the fish picture now is amazing, right, And I found her
Facebook profile and like the So the first thing that comes to mind, which
is superficial. Is she's very beautiful? Yeah, which it goes against what
Mark had said about her. Right, but like this on paper, like
if you presented this as factually Ellen, no one yeah, no one would
argue that. Yeah. I just look, it's this is a lot of
information, so okay, yeah, and none of it confirms anything. Well,
it's like they don't match up, Like it's like two different timelines,
right, And then I found a possible Pickle family. Can I tell you
this? No, I found a possible Pickle family, but I can't find
any connection to any of our players, Okay, and I have been like
aside from the fact that they were possibly Jewish. Fine, Okay, So
let's let's put fish Ellen to the side for a minute and assume Email Karen
and Rob either were significantly older when they lived there or Mark changed the timeline
for whatever reason, and they actually lived there in the seventies. Is that
possible that they lived there in the seventies. Yeah, that is definitely possible.
I mean so the first that so Roger Rabbit and George Bush then are
nullified. But those are both Ellen letters. So if Email Karen and Rob
are the real Karen and Rob either they live there in the seventies and Ellen
was a child, which makes a lot of her letters contextually make sense.
Oh wait, wait, let me check, but I think Karen was married
to someone else married Yeah, nineteen seventy three, she was married to somebody
else. Well that's seventy three, did three? Let me find it eighty
two, so late eighties. It could have been you know, eighties,
nineties. They got a marriage license in eighty two. So if they live
there in eighty one eighty two, how old does that make them? Born
in fifty four, so twenty seven, twenty eight, But then she's a
lot older than yeah, and she has kids. Yeah, yeah, her
daughter would have been like eight yeah, like I said, seven eight,
Okay, so late eighties. Then they live there in the early eighties,
and one of her kids from a previous marriage is Ellen. So here's what's
throwing me off. Is like, email Karen has verified to me that she
is the Karen from the letters, but we can't connect her back to the
cottage, right right, right, can't connect her or rop but we can
connect fish Ellen back, yes, but we can't connect her to email Karen.
And also just logistically, the two of them living together doesn't add up
right. Hello, seekers, I am Patricia, I am a visionary,
and I have empathy towards the pain in the world, but also the joy
in the world. Meaningful lasting change will occur as human by human, as
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