Yesterday, Bill, the kids and I went to Walmart to do some grocery shopping. We split up in the store. He takes the older two and I take Jake. I saw Bill walk right past me and I yelled for him, but he didn't turn around. I went to the front of the store to look for him and there he was with a manager, the greeter and two teenage boys with their heads hung in shame. Bill caught the two boys stealing Smirnoffs and followed them out of the store. He told them that if they didn't go in and turn themselves in, he was going to call the cops.
He told them that he had just lost his brother-in-law 9 months ago because no one stopped the girl that killed him before she drank and drove. He wasn't going to let them ruin their lives and possibly the lives of others.
The police were called and when the mother of one of the boys was called, we found out that she had just been caught stealing in Walmart last week. What a shame! The boys were only 15 years old. They were taken out of the store in handcuffs and booked at the police station.
I know people will say it wasn't any of Bill's business, but I sure wish the girl that killed my brother had been caught previously to the night of September 6, and that she could have had that chance to be scared out of drinking and driving. Maybe my brother would still be here.
We probably won't ever know how what Bill did changed the course of events, but I do know this...Walmart is a big store, and Bill just happened to be on that aisle whenever they decided to steal the liquor. Things happen for a reason. Hopefully those boys will learn their lesson and it will be an example to the young boys and girls who know them.
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What a coincendence!! That post gave me chills.
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