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CONTACT: Melody's heart broken

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gypsychk
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CONTACT: Melody's heart broken

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Hi Kieran, Ursulla and Pam,

I hope you can help me I need... ah, some girl advice. Normally I know I
should really go ask my mother, but since she remarried and moved away, we
haven't been on the best of terms.

I am just so very hurt right now. When I returned from Eugene I stopped by
Marcus's house just a little while ago, and there was another girl there!
Someone named Sandy. It looked like Marcus had cooked dinner for the two of
them. I asked Marcus what he thought he was doing, cheating on me like that!
He pulled me out onto the porch to talk to me privately. He said... and he
said... he said that he wasn't cheating, that he ... and I ... were JUST
FRIENDS! Even worse he said he found the missing Krystal more attractive!
But she is married, so he couldn't even ask her out on a date.

I thought we were doing so well. He looked like he was enjoying himself when
we watched American Beauty. I just don't understand what went wrong... What
am I doing wrong, what am I not doing right?

Maybe I should withdraw my application to Ideltech. I don't know if I could
go in to work every day and look at the man who broke my heart.

Melody

I'm going to name my next dog "Marcus".

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Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:54 pm

Myssfitz
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What the hell am I doing to get pulled into all of this? I'm not saying nothin to noone. Shocked

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Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:58 pm

rosie
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marcus

Marcus told me several times that Melody was his girlfriend 10 or 15 years ago. Sounds like she's nuts too. Here is one example from 4/14/04

Quote:

sbrose711 (2:43:32 PM): Mark: isn't Melody your girlfriend now?
sbrose711 (2:43:42 PM): I thought she was.
marcusthesburg (2:43:46 PM): LOL no... just a friend
marcusthesburg (2:44:13 PM): I wouldn't of played around with you on the IM if I was committed .... LOL
sbrose711 (2:44:29 PM): right, no one would ever do that

Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 11:33 pm

gypsychk
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Re: marcus

rosie wrote:

Sounds like she's nuts too.

Dunno, but per this post and this post, this has been a long time coming.

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Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 11:49 pm

Myssfitz
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My reply

I take it back. After the spec in chat, I'm saying somethin to someone. Very Happy

Time to get Melody to wake up. Here's what I sent her. 1)In my convo with Marcus, I said that I didn't think Krystal had told us about her flight, which I see she did, but I never saw. 2)Rose said I could use her convo with Marcus. (thanks Wink

)

It's a little long, I know. But it's good. (me thinks)

Quote:

Hi Melody,

I'm sorry to hear about what happened. Men can be such jerks. I don't know Marcus all that well. But after reading his bio at Ideltech, I'm not too suprised. He always sounds like a real ladies man and doesn't seem to be the type to settle down. It sounds like he did you a favor.

What he said to you about Krystal was mean. But when did he see her? I never even knew they had met. I think you had better be careful. Marcus isn't what he portrays himself to be. I think he is dangerous. And I would pull your app from Ideltech. One, you don't need to be reminded about what a jerk he is and two, it's too dangerous to be that close to him. Don't worry about him. You can do better.

I'm going to explain why I think Marcus is dangerous. I was talking with some friends about this whole thing, Marcus, Ideltech, the Prof., and we got to thinking. The Prof. seems to be crazy and a dangerous, but what if Marcus is really the dangerous one? The Prof swears he didn't take Krystal. And I'm starting to believe him. The reason why is because Krystal and Marcus had never met. She lived in Oklahoma and flew to Portland to meet the Prof. Marcus told me he checked the airlines and knew she arrived around 4:00pm. Why was he checking on her flight? We think to set up the professor. He waited until she left the Prof. and grabbed her. Here is the convo I had with Marcus on 4/10:

MyssFitz (11:05:56 AM): Have you heard from Krystal?
MyssFitz (11:06:13 AM): I know she is not a potential employee anymore..
MarcusThesburg (11:06:19 AM): No word at all? What have you heard?
MyssFitz (11:06:30 AM): Nothing. That's the problem.
MarcusThesburg (11:06:30 AM): I told her not to contact me.
MarcusThesburg (11:06:41 AM): I hope I hear through you soon
MyssFitz (11:07:08 AM): I'm afraid she was the other shooting victim. The news didn't say anything about the first one.
MarcusThesburg (11:07:31 AM): I noticed
MarcusThesburg (11:07:46 AM): But she didn't arrivetill after 4pm
MarcusThesburg (11:07:58 AM): The other shooting was 2pm
MyssFitz (11:08:12 AM): That's good. I don't think she mentioned to us what time she was getting in.
MyssFitz (11:08:24 AM): I sorry she disappointed you.
MarcusThesburg (11:08:30 AM): I checked w/ the airlines

Also, the Prof, as crazy and delusional he may be, said that there was a file on his site, www.bluelouboyle.com, that he was unsure of. He didn't remember putting it there. He may be right. MMJ found a server of the Prof and took it. Once they uploaded it, it caused a crash in their system (remeber Amboy Monthly being down?). Once that got it back on line, they were able to hack into the Prof. system. Then the unknown file showed up. It was in code and when figured out said "This is for her own safety. She isn't available for a price. She is only available when our work is done. We are not monsters. She was not AWARE, are you? " The Prof is working alone. So who is "We"? What does "when our work is done" mean? "We" could only mean Ideltech. Not the Prof. He never mentions "we" when he talks to others. Only I or the puppy or Christine. He gives exact names. Never "we".

So, stay away from Marcus. He is dangerous. I hope that the above gives you enough proof. Or at least give you something to think about.

Where, if I may ask, did you get your information on the Prof anyway? I'm assuming it's from Marcus. And some his info is wrong. The info you had said that the Prof was married in July. When you actually found the marriage certificate it was dated Nov. of 2000. Do you have any copies of the all the info. you found in Eugene? No offense, but I know that when I was in love in the past, I would do some stupid things to make the person I was with happy. (Boy have I learned). I'm not accusing you of anything, but I was wondering if maybe you left somethings on your MSN group site that maybe Marcus wanted us to believe but isn't really true. The things we women do for love.

Also, did you and Marcus date about 10-15 years ago? That's what he told a friend of mine when she asked if you two were an item. And if you two did, what happened from then until now? Here is another conversation from 4/14 showing that Marcus is a jerk (notice how she called him Mark, not Marcus):

sbrose711 (2:43:32 PM): Mark: isn't Melody your girlfriend now?
sbrose711 (2:43:42 PM): I thought she was.
marcusthesburg (2:43:46 PM): LOL no... just a friend
marcusthesburg (2:44:13 PM): I wouldn't of played around with you on the IM if I was committed .... LOL
sbrose711 (2:44:29 PM): right, no one would ever do that

And while we are on the subject of his girlfriends, do you know who he was dating 3 years ago when he had that accident? Things just seem to be fishy. The more we dig into Marcus, the weirder things get. I wouldn't be suprised if he sent you that virus.

So, don't worry about Marcus and you not being together. It sounds like the best thing that ever could have happened to you. I'm sorry to throw all this stuff at you, but I (and the rest of us girls) don't trust Marcus and we just want you to open your eyes. You are better than he is. You don't need him.

Thank you for trusting me with your feelings. Again, I am sorry he hurt you. Me and my friends will help you get through this.

Hang in there.

Ursulla

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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 2:16 am

rose
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great job

Nice email Myssfitz. I'll write her too, along the lines of maybe Marcus has Krystal somewhere. As we talked about last night, a jealous woman may be our best resource in finding Krystal.

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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 10:06 am

gypsychk
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Here's what I wrote, with Melody's response ... not sure it's got anything there, but just in case (bold is Melody):

Quote:

Hi Keiran,

>A couple things confuse me ... does Marcus know how you feel about
>him, and did the two of you have a stated arrangement? I'm not trying
>to belittle your relationship with him, just trying to understand some
>history.

We dated in High School. Most of the other girls, well, they usually had nothing good to say about him. But how could they know anything, none of them ever went out with him more than once. I was the one who went out longest with him. The only reason we broke up after High School is because he was going to college and he didn't want me to feel trapped into a long distance relationship if I met someone I discovered I wanted to go out with while he was away. We always said that when he came back if we were not involved with other people that we could pick up where we left off.

>I suppose he might have assumed you were just two friends having
>some fun, but you seem to be the straightforward type, so I'm guessing
>he was aware of how you felt, and let you think he felt the same
>because it was ... um ... "convenient" ... for him to do so. But that's a
>big assumption on my part.

Well, I thought he would remember what we promised each other but obviously someone forgot. You can take the boy out of the jock, but I guess you can never take the jock out of the boy.

>As I said, I'm not really sure what advice you're asking for ... whether to
>stay with Ideltech or drop out? I think Marcus has left the building, but
>that's no reason to throw out a friendship with him, or an opportunity
>with Ideltech.

Marcus has left the building?

>Whatever you do, hold you head up; YOU did nothing wrong.
>Don't let Marcus' boyish behavior keep you from any opportunities that
>come your way.

He was always so much fun to be with, and he always has a vision of where he is going. Even Ideltech, while other men his age are still trying to learn the ropes, he goes out and makes his own.

>I have to add: the mention of Krystal is a little weird in this context
>(and cruel, too). What contact did he have with her, other than the
>Ideltech application process?

He said he talked to her on line a few times and they chit chatted about "things."

Well, thank you for your input I really do appreciate it.

Melody

I was just thinking that it would be nice to have an investigative reporter (/waitress, of course) on the inside at Ideltech.

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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 10:11 am

Myssfitz
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Re: great job

rose wrote:

Nice email Myssfitz. I'll write her too, along the lines of maybe Marcus has Krystal somewhere. As we talked about last night, a jealous woman may be our best resource in finding Krystal.

Thank you. Sounds good Rose. I didn't want to pile everything on her. Now you can. Wink

I've set the ball rolling with Marcus too. Twisted Evil

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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 10:31 am

Myssfitz
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gypsychk wrote:

He said he talked to her on line a few times and they chit chatted about "things."

So he's going to stick with not ever meeting her. How does he know, in his opinion, that Krystal is more attractive than Melody? I guess his excuse will be she's more attractive to talk too. That he didn't mean it as in looks.

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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 10:36 am

gypsychk
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I have no idea what's significant or not, so I'm sharing just in case. This is from Melody, as a follow-up to Sandy-gate:

Quote:

Hi Keian,

>Do you know that Marcus sent photos of both Krystal and YOU to one of
>the other applicants? On the plus side, he did say that he found you
>hands-down more attractive than Krystal. On the down side ... sort of
>creepy to be sharing pictures of you without (I assume) your
>knowledge.

You are right that is weird. I have been talking to some of my other friends and it sounds like Marcus really changed a lot while he was away at college. I am sure Marcus has a good many pictures of me from our High School days and we have had a few community picnics over the years that sometimes he came home for. I am shocked that he would give out my picture to another applicant that he doesn't know all that well, that really does not sound like him. It also sounds odd that he would have a picture of Krystal too. Hrmmmm... I may have to corner Marty and get him to talk. Maybe I can use this virus thing to keep him distracted while he answers my questions. Or see if my Uncle knows something he decided was better if I didn't hear it.

Who's her uncle?

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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:26 pm

rowan
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Beats me. Perhaps this is a new area we should explore.

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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:35 pm

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