06/19/2024
I have been spending too much time thinking about what I want to say here. I'm ready to happily move on with my life. I have been conflicted if I should just drop it and go on, but I will not have it as a skeleton in my closet. With so many people thinking badly about me due to being underhandedy smeared around town. I think I need to get a couple things straight. I won't get into all the details, but believe me, I will be happy to tell anyone who wants to know.
I was named in a lawsuit in the death of a 16 year old boy along with Little Egg Police by the parents. I brought him to the place he died. I cooperated fully, speaking to the detectives and testified in court against the police. Even after I cooperated, the parents went around town telling everyone i left that sweet boy up there with a cold heart.( Meanwhile i have teenagers also.)Instead of making sure the druggies who killed them got real time in jail, they went after the money and badmouthing me behind my back, ruining me in the eyes of many people. (Yes, I know my reactive behavior does not help matters). I have felt awful about the circumstances and i didnt know he was in danger or that he was even there. I was expected to know he was up there even though the police were driving away as i was getting there, and he didnt answer his phone. There are things i would have done differently, but i also didnt know about what was kept from me by the father, what they lied about and underplayed. I found out when i testified in court.
That night was not the first time I picked Mikey up. He was one of my first customers who found my cards at the laundromat. He used to go there to wash his bedding. I never asked him why he couldn't do the laundry in his own house, or why his parents didn't give him a ride. We hit it off actually. I really liked him. I was brand new to town, didnt know my way around at all when i started, and he was so funny. Scared the s**t out of me by prank calling 597 taxi in my car and asking them for my number. I liked Mikey a lot and I feel like I let him down. All this time I have said I do not believe he did drugs. I still do not believe he was a drug user. However....
In court it came out that a family member bought him alcohol that night. It was found with his stuff. And the night I picked him up he got a package out of his mom's car. All that time I felt so bad about my part in everything and then I found that out? Of all the times I picked him up, not once did a curtain move to see who was picking up their son. But yet I'm supposed to be a psychic superwoman and risk my life and leave my children motherless. I will tell you this. If I knew he was in danger, I'd have certainly done something. I've been in the taxi business for a long time and it is my experience that most times when people don't answer, they've already left. He called me after I got home again and I told him I wasn't coming back again. His voice gave no indication he was in trouble. He was very nonchalant. I was upset with him because I recognized the ju**ie talking to the cops and did think he might have been a user for a moment. I feel awful about that. I just figured he'd start walking. I found out on fb 5 days later that he passed away.
So all their pain and effort to make trouble for me, I hope they feel better. I will never forget Mikey. He was a good kid.
I wish I had bragged about all the good things I did, like tell Dr DE Marco's office they had a drunk dental hygienist who had me bring her booze to work. She lied and said she was going out with the girls, and then that weekend called from her house asking for the same thing. Some of my customers go there and I didn't want them to get hurt, so I told.
We never know why things happen. I'm at peace with my part and am grateful for the experience. I hope the Faldutos can find peace. As painful as it is, I have found healing by taking responsibility for my actions and the part I play in things.
Thank you to my customers who became my friends and to everyone else for the part you played. Have a great summer.
