RESTRAINING ORDER

THE DRAMA CONTINUES. At 8:30 this morning Chas got a visit from the Sherriff. Chas met him in the downstairs lobby where he had been talking with Gail and Angela. He asked for Chas by his full name. I am he, replied Chas. The Sherriff did a double take and served him with a restraining order ordering him to stay beyond 25 feet of Olivia. He could not believe he was serving a man in a wheelchair. I would love to know what was going through his mind.

Absolute shock spread across the faces of all who heard. How could this be? Then the questions came to mind. Is my apartment even 25 feet from hers? Can I go by her apartment to use the automatic doors installed for me? Do I have to leave a space if she enters or does she have an obligation not to enter is she sees me? By the time he came to tell me he was making jokes a bout the whole thing. He has a court appearance on Dec. 27. Until then it’s a temporary restraining order. Of course no one knows what will happen.

Her written report said he has been harassing her since she moved in four years ago. He is loud and aggressive. The truth is he can be loud. You can hear is voice at quite a distance. They like him when he calls Bingo. He can be aggressive in an argument and in his chair he could out run most people. But I have no idea what she is referring to.

I went over to have coffee with him and we met Rocky. Chas wanted to show him the order. So we sat down and I first ask how his night went. He is in a court ordered class for alcohol abuse. The truth he had been drinking, but he was not even close to the limit. The police report said they had to chase him down. What they don’t know is that he video recorded the whole thing. Rocky is having his own legal problems. He had a hard time focusing on Chas’ issue when he had his own. He was on his want to meet with his boss to address an issue he is having with a tenant. She refuses to corporate and challenges him to his face and calls in complaints about him almost daily. He is so fed up he ready to tell them to choose between him and her. She is Olivia’s best friend. Together they taunted Chas all summer over his plants. It was just meanness. I would like to have a vote, but alas I am disenfranchised.

Chas called for a meeting with the top dogs. Because it is a legal matter, the very tippy top leader was called in. I don’t know how the meeting came out as I began drinking the 50 gallons of liquid necessary to prepare me for the colonoscopy tomorrow. Yeah! I had diarrhea — still do. Wish I had a desk at the toilet. I would have got a lot more done today.