The thief who told his story

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My friends Family Business, (a precious metal refinery)was burglarized in the early 1990's and a SolidGold Brick weighing 40 pounds, was stolen. This ruined the business. he 20 years later my friend met a drug adicted man at a drug dealers house.My friend had become a drug addict and criminal over the years after her family had lost everything due to the burgulary. So this man tells her he was gonna rob an abandoned house later that had lots of valuables in it. She wanted in on the deal. They met up later at his place and began planning the. burgulary. Then the man tells my friend a story about a time 20 years prior, in which he robbed a. precious metal refinery and the only thing he took was a 40 pound block of solid Gold. He told how he had gone there only to have some coins. looked at and weighed. The owners brother hzd shown him around the refinery and even. showed him the gold block. He came back after hours and broke in . My friend couldnt even speak. She. made excuse to leave for an hour and called her family with this astonishing. revelationon and expected her Father would come and seek his revenge. instead he r father. told her leave this man unharmed and let her anger 'go', He could now close the book on the mystery and forgive the man who stole his fortune. And she never told the guy who she was.
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Date submitted:Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:39:24 +0000Coincidence ID:7195