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We talked to the woman at the desk. As it turned out it was the very woman the they had robbed. We told her who we were and why we were there. She seemed a bit surprised. She was an older woman, very kind and willing to speak with us. So we sat in the lobby and talked, we showed her pictures of our sons, and told her our story.
She told us of the night that the young man from Michigan had come to rob the motel. It was just before 'Thanksgiving'. She was working the night shift. He had come in and seemed like a nice clean cut young man. She thought he might have been from the college there. He was well spoken. She asked if he wanted a room. He showed her a gun and told her to give him the money from the register. She said she wasn't afraid at first because he was so soft spoken. She thought the gun wasn't real and that he was joking. But when she didn't take him seriously, he turned and had gotten angry. She then realized he wasn't kidding and got afraid and gave him the money. She asked him to please not kill her. He looked at her and then out the door. Then he said to her with a smile "Happy Thanksgiving" and ran out the back door. I wondered then and still do. Does this woman know just how truly lucky she had been. Had he seen the police car in the parking lot ? They had so callously killed before. Shivers again ran down my spine again.
After our talk she offered us a room. We declined as graciously as we could so we wouldn't offend her. But we were a bit uncomfortable there knowing the two from Michigan had been there. Silly perhaps but we were. We never did go to the 'Dairy Queen' and I'm not really sure why.
We decided to go to another motel for the night. Then in the morning we were going to 'Bristol' Virginia.
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