28-year-old Marie Wright began noticing that small household necessities like food and bed sheets were going missing from her home. Upon taking a closer look around, she found greasy fingerprints on the doorframe to her attic. Rather than bother her neighbors with what could’ve just been her overactive imagination, she asked her 27-year-old boyfriend Alexander Cooper to check it out for her. When Cooper ventured into the attic, he found…
…nothing. Exactly zilch, nada, zero zero zero.
But if that were ACTUALLY the case I wouldn’t be telling you this story, now would I? Well, maybe that’s a lie – I’m big enough of a troll where it’s reasonable to believe I’d yank your chain for a few paragraphs and then flip you off at the end. But this isn’t one of those instances, I swear. The reason Cooper didn’t find anything in the attic was because HE WAS THE ONE LIVING IN THE ATTIC.
Plot twist, bitches. Via Mirror,
Frightened Marie – who was still dating Cooper – leaned on him for support and even sent him into the loft to check for burglars armed with a crowbar.
But Marie became suspicious of Cooper after money went missing from her account and her housemate decided to double check the loft herself.
The horrified pair discovered a make-shift bed with blankets and cushions from their beds and sofa, as well as food wrappers – and a bag of Cooper’s clothes.
Police confronted Cooper and he admitted a string of thefts and frauds – using her card to take out pay day loans – and was sentenced to 16 months in prison last month.
Marie – who reckons Cooper was living in her loft for more than TWO WEEKS – said: “I just felt sick when I found out.
“It was like a horror movie…”
Apparently what had happened was that when Marie allowed Cooper to stay at her home briefly while her roommate was on vacation he got a little…attached. Or maybe he’s just a bum. Who knows? Either way, once he moved in he refused to leave, and only after a few weeks had passed was Marie able to kick his ass out. Telling her that he was going to stay with his dad for a while, he then somehow snuck back inside and took up residence in the attic. According to Marie,
“As far as we can work out he was waiting until we went to work, coming in and going round the house, and then waiting until we came home from work and going up into the loft and staying there.
“It felt like it was all my fault because I trusted him and he was my boyfriend – even though I know it wasn’t.
“I thought I really knew him and knew everything about him, but actually he had this whole other side or life.(via)
It could just be because I’m insensitive, but I’m not really getting Marie’s whole outrage over this – yeah it’s creepy as hell that he lied about it, but who wants to admit that they’re homeless and bumming out in their girlfriend’s attic? Not exactly a bragging point to bring up at Thanksgiving dinner right there. Had Marie taken it in stride and confronted him about it, who knows – maybe they’d still be together. But nah, it’s easier to dump that fish and find a new one in the sea than it is to yell at it about stealing food, toiletries and taking poops upstairs. Fish can’t talk or understand English; you’d just be wasting your breath.
[H/T Mirror]