SCARY

I had a very scary experience yesterday. I had been running errands and decided that I wanted to stop by my house to see how the newly repaired roof stood up to all the rain we had been having. When I pulled into my driveway, I noticed the side gate to the back yard was wide open and I thought "Oh man, the wind must have blown it open". so I closed it and pushed the button to the garage door opener and when the door went up there was a car sitting in MY GARAGE, (an older white Honda) that WASN'T A CAR I RECOGNIZED.. & not one of my kids cars.. I was a little concerned..then thought well maybe it is a realtor showing the house and just parked in there. I went to the door between the house and the garage and it was open, so I went inside and called out."hello, anyone here, Hello" no one answered and then I noticed that my front door was standing open about 8 inches. I closed it and started to freak out.. I then noticed the door to the laundry room was open and there was glass on the floor. I called my son Steve and he told me to get out of the house and get in my car and lock the door and call 911..that they could still be in the house. Then I REALLY FREAKED OUT.. He said he was on his way to the house and would be there in about 10 minutes.. When I called 911 the operator said they would have an officer out as soon as they could.. After Steve arrived we waited for the police and several neighbors came over to see why we were all standing out in front of the house. When the police arrived, I explained what I had found and they asked us to stay back and pulled their guns and proceeded to enter the house yelling "Phoenix police".. They came out and said the house was empty.. the only damage was the broken window in the laundry room. The police called in the licence plate and car vin number and found out the car was stolen and the license plate was off of another stolen car. I was checking out the house to see if anything was missing or broken and noticed that one of the towels in the guest bathroom was gone. When I went out to the garage to tell them and my grandson Kelly said that the towel was in the front seat of the car with blood on it.. Now as the most loyal fan of "Law & Order"..I knew that was DNA right there on the towel.. The police bagged it and said they should be able to get an identification from the DNA as to who had broken into my house. I asked them what happens if they come back for the car?, why would they break into my house just to hide the car? Were they staying in my house? I was assured that there were no signs that anyone was staying in my house, it looked like they just wanted a place to stash the car. While all this was going on with the police Steve had had to leave for an appointment. During the appointment my neighbor had called him to let him know that police were in front of my house..(I had given her an emergency call list). As Steve explained to her what was happening at the house the lady at the bank overheard and when Steve hung up the phone she told him, that she had heard the police were looking for a white Honda just like the car in my garage in connection with a shooting over the weekend.. The police had a tow truck come and pick up the car and they left. I made sure that the side gate had a padlock on it and that all the doors were doubled locked. We taped up the broken window and I'm getting it fixed today.. still worried that they might come back for their car, even though the police said they were probably long gone. I still have a knot in my stomach.. glad nothing was damaged in my house and that no-one was hurt.. But I will never forget the feeling when I opened the garage and saw that car parked in there.
That is my scary news of the day....