Nightmare on Elm Street Chapter 2

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CHAPTER 2

The day following the holiday, Independence Day, the seller, Ms. Krueger, still not to be bothered with the purchase contract that Bryan and Bonnie submitted, went out of town for the weekend.  She returned Sunday evening and finally signed the agreement.  Courtney, the realtor, mentioned to the couple that the seller and her agent did not have a good working relationship.  The seller's agent, Denise, confided in Courtney and told her that the seller was verbally abusive to her and that they did not get along.

Bryan and Bonnie, who were waiting anxiously, were thrilled that the contract was underway.    They immediately began ordering the home inspections and worked diligently at getting their financing in order. The couple and their realtor joined the three inspectors on Tuesday to view the house and discuss the necessary repairs.  The children did not come since the couple wanted to respect Ms. Krueger's no-children policy.  Wow, they thought, as they walked up the front path, Ms. Krueger must have had a fun party.  Fourth of July firework debris lined the path and street.  Inspections went well enough, and the couple went on their way.

Courtney. the couple's realtor, called the couple later that evening to discuss the phone call she just received from Ms. Krueger's realtor.  Apparently Ms. Krueger was irate.  She told her realtor that she was upset with Bryan and Bonnie.  She accused them of allowing their children, Haley, Audrey, and Jake, to swim in her pool while inspections were underway.  In addition, she insisted that the couple had thrown a party at her home over the weekend while she was out of town! They swam in her backyard and also tore the felt on the pool table in the gameroom.  They also broke a stool and hid it in the closet.  To top it off, the couple stole her beloved statue of St. Matthew!

The couple was astonished at all of the accusations.  Bryan and Bonnie were furious, but in a way, they were amused at the insane allegations.  Of course they were no where near the house while Ms. Krueger was out of town, and would never do such things.  This lady must be joking, right?!?!  Bryan and Bonnie were not sure how to proceed with the situation.  Why on earth would a seller accuse a potential buyer of her home of such outrageous doings?  Did she not stop to even consider the possibility that her teenage son might have thrown a party while she was out of town?!  Was it easier to accuse strangers into whom she had entered into a business-professional relationship with than her very own son?!  Ms. Krueger's agent then sent photos of the damage done to the pool table as proof.  These pictures made the couple quite angry.  See, the pool table had been negotiated into the contract, so the pool table was soon to be owned by Bryan and Bonnie.  Why would the seller think they would damage their future property?

While on the phone with Courtney, they learned a quite interesting piece of factual information.  Ms. Krueger was not the correct title for seller.  She was taken aback by the title and was actually Dr. Krueger.  The couple learned that the lady they were dealing with, who was turning out to have paranoid tendencies, was in fact a psychologist!

To be continued....