Ok so I call them and this is where the story gets really weird and creepy. A man answers the phone and I say:
“Hi, this call may sound a little strange, but I am looking for a friend of mine and I believe he’s a family member of the Briggs, his name is Steve Briggs and well we had heard he was injured in a fire recently, about two weeks ago, then we didnt hear anything else… I was wondering if you knew Steve?”
the fellow answers “Yeah, ok I know Steve”
That’s it he doesnt continue… Odd….
So I ask “Well can you tell me if he’s ok? Is he still in the hospital?”
He answers again “Ok, yeah”
Thats it. He offers nothing else.
so I ask “Well is he still in the hosiptal? Can you tell me what happened is he going to be ok?”
He answers again “Yeah, Ok, yeah he’s still in the hospital, you seem to know everything I know about it”
I was floored! This was extremely odd and evasive behavior. If my brother was in the hospital and friends called to check on him I would have had a ton more to say, but no, this guy was like talking to a clam.
So I said “Well, if you see Steve or talk to him can you let him know his friends wish him well and we are all worried about him”
he answers
“Yeah, Ok”
That’s its, he doesnt ask who I am, what friends are worried about him, how to get back to us or anything. He’s just relieved that I wasnt going to keep asking questions about Steve.
Now this “sod” business … it wouldn’t contain a lot of special “weed” plots would it?
The guy you talked to sounded like a pot-head !!
:happydanc