LogFAQs > #984305954

Ok, so I work the overnight shift at my job. I worked last night, so I was sleeping today. My parents left my 11 year old cousin at home while they went to town.

Later, he comes and gets me out of bed saying someone is at the door. I go to see who it is, and neither of us recognize them. I was tempted to just ignore it and let them leave, but instead I went out to see what they wanted. It was 2 ladies, asking for my mom. I explain that she's not home. They ask if I can confirm her phone #, they call it out and I confirmed it was her number. They claimed to be with some missionary program that Mom was helping with(unusual but not impossible). I tell them to try again later, and I apologize for not answering the door immediately. Told them that I didn't know anyone was there until the kid got my attention. They said it was fine, then introduced themselves as if they nuns or something, "I'm sister _____, and this is sister ______."

Something about it felt off. So I called Mom and she has no idea who they were or what they wanted. So I was suspecting that maybe someone used mom's info to register for something. Since none of us knew of any missionary programs or had ever seen or heard of these people before. It was confusing, and a little suspicious, but not terribly concerning. Just some kind of misunderstanding most likely, right?

Well... Not exactly. Turns out that someone has been trying to locate my little cousin. Been harassing the person who had custody of him previous to us, demanding to know his location. That person refused to give any info. They started threatening her, and saying that if they didn't get the info they wanted they'd get the law involved. That person has apparently also been in contact with my cousin's father asking to know where the kid lives because they want him(apparently an old babysitter or some such). The dad supposedly didn't answer, but he's usually messed up on drugs and I fear that he did give say who has the kid.

I got home this morning from work, 100% oblivious to any of this. No one thought to let me know any of this was happening. So now I think the ladies I spoke to were likely trying to confirm if this is the right place, and due to not knowing anything was going on, I gladly confirmed that this is where my mom lives.

Mom got a call from the person who previously had custody, claiming that the lady has been making threats again tonight(this is how I learned about it at all). I asked Mom if she thinks the ladies that stopped by today were involved, and we all agree it's super suspicious timing. And Mom had warned him this morning before they left to keep all the doors locked, and if anyone comes to the door to get me out of bed.

So, that's the thing. I asked her why she didn't feel the need to let me know as well? That if I had known something suspicious was going on, I never would've answered the door, and wouldn't have confirmed the info. But since I was clueless, and thinking it was just a misunderstanding, I may have made things worse. She got angry at me, because she said she didn't think I needed to be told anything about it. I said I wish she would've warned me before they left this morning, when they told him to get me if anyone shows up. She said she didn't want to wake me to just to warn me. But I was still awake when they left, I walked out with her to the car. She had the opportunity to tell me, and chose not to.

Now she's absolutely furious at me, saying I'm blaming her when she didn't do anything wrong. And I'm just upset that something important and potentially dangerous is happening and I guess I'm not important enough to be informed about it, and now I'm super concerned about what I said to those ladies.