I met Chloe in Atlanta my senior year of high school and immediately fell in love. We dated for about 5 months before I left for an out of state college in the fall. Living in South Carolina was incredibly difficult and I spent every possible minute talking to her on the phone, online, or by text messages.

I drove home every weekend to see her, but she soon expressed interest in coming to visit me at school.

Her car was in terrible condition and I constantly worried that she would break down along the 100 mile trip. I bought her a Honda Accord and surprised her with it on her next trip and I thought things couldn’t be any better.

One Thursday evening, I got a call from the Atlanta Police Department asking me if I had a towing company preference for my Honda Accord.

I immediately began to panic and asked what was wrong. I was informed that my car had been involved in a single car accident, was totaled, and there was drinking involved.

I quickly told the officer that I didn’t care about any of that and just wanted to know if Chloe was hurt. I will never forget the response,

“Sir, a young man named Josh was driving the vehicle and he has been placed under arrest.”

You might be wondering who Josh is, and so was I.

Josh and Chloe had been dating each other since the day I left for college, and apparently they were even said to be engaged.

When I called Chloe, obviously fairly irate, she asked if it was going to be a problem. She then asked if I was planning to fix her car or not.

Needless to say, the relationship ended and I was left with a very sudden and painful break up. I wasn’t without my revenge, however, and Josh did not have permission to drive my car that was registered in my name.

The prosecutor decided to make an example out of him and charged him with grand theft auto in addition to the drunk driving charges.

He pleaded guilty to a lesser crime and was stuck with unlawful use of a vehicle and the DUI on his record.

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