Ben was Robbed

Tuesday morning Ben woke up from a peaceful nights sleep. His peaceful demeanor quickly turned to mild panic as he prepared to go to class and he couldn't find his text books. His primary concern of course was that finals are quickly approaching and he needs the books to study with but he also remembered the hundreds of dollars he forked out at the beginning of the semester to buy the books. He mentioned to his room mate that two of his text books were missing and his room mate told him that was funny because he was missing a text book also. When Ben was on his mission he was called as an assistant to the president in which position he ended up dealing with a few missionaries who were less than forthright. This skill of being able to detect deceipt came through now and he suspected that not all was well with his room mate. Based on a hunch he went through his room mates drawers and imagine his surprise when he found some of the gift cards he had received for Christmas presents along with some tools from his tool box that the Cotters had given him. With his suspicions confirmed Ben decided to go check the on campus book store. He told them his story and that he suspected that his room mate had stolen his books and asked them if they had any records of this person selling any books. Not surprisingly, his room mate had recently sold back three text books, the two Ben was missing along with his room mates own history text. Ben went to his coaches with this information and the coach bought back Ben's books with his own money (what a nice guy) and then Ben went to his landlord. He told her what had happened and then he told her he was moving into a different apartment (same building) with some friends that had an empty room. He asked if she had a problem with that and of course she didn't. She then told Ben that she was calling the police. The sad part is that this room mate was a nice guy and both Ben and Alycia liked him. It turns out that he needed some money quick and made a very bad choice on how to get it. He is now being arrested, he's kicked off the football team and he had to pay back the coach the retail price of the text books. Alycia went to check up on Ben at his new apartment and was quite surprised to find the door locked (it was never locked before) and a NO TRESPASSING sign was on the door. It also said, "no one is to enter this room with out permission from one of the residents". It is a hard lesson to learn but our decisions can sure have a major impact on our lives.