somebody's watching - part 1

everyone loves a good stalker story...right?  i would certainly have raised my hand until a few weeks ago.  even as i write these words the story i'm about to tell doesn't seem real and i find myself typing...then deleting...then typing again partly because i'd rather crawl into a hole and partly because i know that it's highly probable that the source of this post is reading these words...but you know what, i don't care.  so here it goes.

a month ago i was awakened by a call from dayton, ohio on my cell at 3:30am.  i didn't recognize the number which is typically an automatic don't answer but i was on call for work so i was slightly prepared for a random call at an ungodly hour.  after listening to a very cryptic voice mail i decided to go downstairs and call this women back.  as i walked down to the kitchen rubbing the sleep from my eyes i replayed the message, trying to understand..."ok, jer...good morning call.  and...i missed the messages...i missed the intent but i just wanted to call and say good morning.  and i hope this is ok..."  the recording was a little garbled at the end but even still i didn't understand.  still thinking that this may be an emergency call for work i dialed the number and what followed in the next few minutes blew my mind.

the women answered after just one ring....

me:  hello
her:  hi
me:  hi, i received a missed call from this number.
her:  yeah, hi jeramy...it's me, vicki.....
me:  .....i'm sorry....vicki who?
her:  jeramy...it's me...vicki, from facebook.
me:  what?  who are you?  what can i do for you?
her:  ....uh....i....uh....
me:  do you know what time it is?  it's 3:30am.....why are you calling me?
her:  i was calling because of all the stuff on facebook....you know.....the messages...
me:  NO.  I DON'T KNOW!  what stuff on facebook?  what are you talking about?
her:  uh....i knew i shouldn't have called....i knew this was a mistake.....CLICK

ok....so, a little strange, right?  yeah.  i could feel my heart beating stronger as i walked to the computer and hopped on facebook.  i went to my friends list and started typing....V...I....C.....K.....wait.  there she was.  i only had two people in my friends list named vicki and one is sharon's dear sweet cousin in chico....the other was a women that i recognized as someone that had been mildly following me since my record came out back in 2008.  as i saw her profile picture i remembered that i had received an innocuous comment every now and again from her, just complimenting a song of mine or encouraging me in something i was promoting.  no big deal.  when i clicked on her name to see her facebook profile....i was completely freaked out at what i saw next....