It has come to this. I had the locks changed; having Joel's phone shut off. I have a friend coming over to help bag up his crap and have it ready for him to pick up. Enough.

I am not going to live with the threat of coming home and finding my things gone, or having someone I don't know in my house, or whatever else is possible. Tonight, I'm going to go through my things that don't get out in the daylight much to see whether anything is missing.

Joel's best friend doesn't think that he would have stolen from me, and he doesn't think that Joel is capable of going crazy and throwing a snit or damaging my property or my person. However.

I tried. I really thought he was someone different. I was wrong.