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When I returned to Reading, I talked to Bob. He stated that they
had had a call early in the morning. At about 7:00 a.m. they had gone
by the Dunkin' Donuts and Marge's car was there. On the way back, at
about 7:30 a.m., it was gone. Bob and I discussed the possibilities. Was
Buddy in the area? Had Marge skipped with him? Bob explained that
January 12 was the day that he had to let Marge know what he wanted
to do about the house: either not exercise his exclusion option, which
would mean that Marge would sell the house and he and the family
would have to find quarters; or, he would decide to stay in. If he chose
to stay, he said he would only do it if Marge would sell the house to
him and Karen for one dollar, then he could get a mortgage for about
$90,000 and pay everyone off.
If Marge refused, which was the obvious thing to [expect would]
happen especially if Buddy was counseling her, he would go off the
wall with Marge. Perhaps this would force her to see, or call Buddy and
make a slip.
I returned to Bob's house and sat in observation. At about 5:00
p.m., Marge returned alone and went into the house. That evening was
quiet.
I returned to the fire station to talk with Bob. He told me that Ka-
ren reported Marge stating she had been sick and left work early this
morning to come home and rest. At about 10:00 p.m., Karen called and
said she overheard her mother on the phone with a friend. She said she
was not going into work next morning. But then Marge asked Karen's
son to check the alarm clock to make sure it was set for 4:00 a.m.
I decided to sit on the house all night. I also called LS and told her
she might want to come down in case we had to run a two-car tail. She
did. We sat on the house all night. No activity. LS returned to Dover at
about 9:00 a.m.
At about 11:00 a.m., Bob met me around the corner. He was al-
most at a loss for words. He said he had just confronted Marge with the
request that she sell him the house for a dollar and she had quietly stat-
ed that that was fine with her. She told Bob to take care of the arrange-
ments. She indicated that she did not want to see Bob and the kids
without a home and she just wanted to resolve all the problems this
situation had created.
Bob also said she said things like she wished Buddy were in cus-
tody so the $50,000 would be freed and that she was all through with
Buddy financially. Bob left for some errands, and I sat on the house.
Marge went out about noon, but just went to the store and returned
home. No more activity until she was picked up at about 6:30 p.m. to
go bowling. I returned to Dover.

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