Friday October 26, 2012 at 1:30 a.m I was awaken by a phone call from my girlfriend, the love of my life. While heading home from work, she had an accident with a deer, it side swiped her car. I asked if she's "OK", when she told me she was, I replied "be careful and drive home safe". I went to the living room and laid on the couch to wait for her to come home.
Every morning at 2:00 a.m I waited for her to come home from work. She had told me how lonely it was to come home while everyone was sleeping. So I made sure to be awake. I would help her get into her pajamas. We would eat and talk until she was ready for bed.
But when she came home that morning, I can tell she was upset at me. At first I didn't realize why. Until she shouted, "I was scared when I hit the deer and you said nothing to comfort me!". I did not realize I came off so cold when she called. I should of realized how scary it must be to hit a creature that size in the middle of the night. Was I too tired to notice? That was no excuse, she was looking for comfort and I failed her.
When we went to bed, I tried to hold her, but she pushed me away. She slept by our one year old daughter. I laid there staring at the dark ceiling until I fell asleep.
At 6:00 a.m. my alarm rang. I woke up our daughter and we got ready for our day. I loved brushing my teeth with her, it was the cutest thing to witness. Before we left, I try to give "my love" a kiss, but she rejected my affection. Only our daughter could get kisses from her.
My plan for the day was to drop off our daughter with my sister. Bring my mother to the Cambodian temple and go to work. Once I finish my shift, I wanted to buy some flowers for "my love" and take her on a surprise dinner date. I wanted to make it up to her and apologize for slipping up on being her man.
But just like how the morning started, things continue to not go well for me.
While driving to my mothers house to meet my sister, I get rear ended. The woman who rear ended me blamed me for the accident. She hooted and hollered. I told her "I got a little girl with me and I don't have time for this!". There was no damage to the car, so I just blew her off.
When I met with my sister, my daughter some how knew I was trying to drop her off. She started screaming and crying for me not to leave her. I told her I will pick her up later and gave her a kiss. It always tugged at my heart when she would cry like that. She's was Papa's little girl, I could never leave her sight.
After, I helped my mother put some bags of rice in the car, then we headed for the temple.
Once we left the temple, I drove through Lynn, Massachusetts to bring my mom back home so I can go to work. I notice a Lynn police cruiser driving behind me. The police lights turned on. My mother ask me "did you run a stop sign?"
I pulled over and the police pulled over behind me. Their car doors open and their weapons was out. I look at my mother and said "this looks more serious then a traffic stop". I see the look of fear on her face. The police yell at us to put our hands up. They open my door, pull me out the vehicle and put handcuffs on me. As I look around I see the whole area blocked off. There was about a dozen of marked and unmarked police cars.
While in the police cruiser I ask the officers "why am I being arrested?". They tell me they don't know, but their superiors had told them to pull me over and arrest me.
At the Lynn police station a Massachusetts state trooper and a Billerica, Massachusetts police officer sit me down in a interview room. The state trooper tells me he knows everything and I need to talk. I tell him "I don't know what they are talking about" and I ask for a lawyer. He continues to pound me with questions. The Billerica police officer then comes in and tells me "your a good kid, don't go down for something someone else did". I repeat to them "I want to talk to a lawyer".
They transfer me to the Billerica Police Station and process me. No one would tell me my charges.
An older officer allowed me to have a free phone call. I called my mother and talked with my daughter. That phone call was the first time I heard her say the words "I love you papa". Hearing those words brought tears to my eyes. The officer then said to me, "as long as I'm here you can have as many free phone calls you want".
I called "my love" and she had already knew what happen. She was trying her best to be strong.
In the holding cell I laid there on the metal slab. I fell asleep a few times. Every time I fell asleep, I would dream about coming home to "my love" and my kids. I thought those dreams were real. But every time I woke up I was in a cell, it was a nightmare. Days later "my love" told me about her Friday evening of October 26, 2012. When she was heading home reality hit her like a ton of bricks. Due to the fact She knew I was not home waiting to embrace her.
Over six years have past and I am still fighting to prove my innocence. Every day I wake up in a cell, it is a nightmare. I pray and hope I will be free to pick up where I left of. I would get those flowers for "my love" and apologize for everything. I would tell her she no longer have to worry, no longer have to cry. I would hug her and hold her and never let her go.
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