In this situation would you...

It's been a very long time since I last posted here, and this may very well be the last. What I am about to tell you will be disturbing, or at least it will be to the people who actually read it. I know you people don't like to read long posts, but I'm going to make it as long as possible, considering you probably aren't even reading this line right now. Are you? Alright now we'll get to the fun part.

I live with a female roommate and she has a total of two children, though according to the census she has about 2.5. That aside, she has a serious problem which has become my problem. We have a hard time keeping our apartment clean, and though some of that is our fault, most of it has to do with the fact that her ex husband decided to leave almost all of his belongings here. We do not have space for our own things, such as clothes, electronics, DVD's, and even the children's clothes. We cannot use any of the things he left, such as dressers, tables, etc, because he says he'll be coming to get them any day. I know what you're thinking! You're thinking that we should just throw his stuff away! That would be a great idea, except for the fact that he somehow managed to get a restraining order stating that we cannot do anything with his belongings. If we attempt to remove them, we'll both be arrested. I didn't even know there was a law to back that up, but apparently so.

The ex knows that the apartment is cluttered, and he waited until it was at it's worst. When it was, he dropped the kids off, and called the police on his way back to his car. I was the only one home at the time, and therefore I was the one that had to deal with the police. Keep in mind that my rabbit had escaped and decided to make doo doo on the floor, and if you have ever owned a rabbit, you know that they can make a huge mess in a short amount of time. The police showed up, and stupid me let them in because I forgot they needed a warrant. They demanded to know why the apartment was a mess, and I explained that my roommate doesn't get a chance to help because she works all the time.

One thing to keep in mind is that the police were writing no notes during their 'investigation', and in their report they recorded that I said: "I try to keep it clean but my roommate doesn't help me." This was an outright lie, but they also said there was trash and rabbit poop in the children's room. They never actually entered that room, and they weren't writing anything down, so I'm not sure where they were getting any of this.

Fortunately my roommate was not arrested that night, though the report claims that she WAS arrested. Due to that report, the local paper ran it's own piece about my roommate's arrest and incarceration, which never actually happened. There were a number of things that occurred following this incident. The most notable is that a guardian ad litem (GAL) was called in to assess the situation. After speaking to my roommate for a few minutes, she not only came to the conclusion that roommate was mentally unstable and should be institutionalized, but also that the house was unsanitary. Keep in mind that we cleaned the house, and that it was spotless enough to pass the state health inspection the previous week. This probably has nothing to do with the fact that my roommate's ex husband's parents work for Boeing, want the kids, and have unlimited resources.

The trial date is set for the 20th, and her lawyer believes that he can get the child endangerment charges dropped. If he fails, my roommate will go to prison, and I'll be on the street with two rabbits. There is one snag however, and the snag is that I've been called to testify against my roommate, who is my best friend. I have a choice to make. I can either go along with the prosecution and save myself, or I can fall on my own sword and tell the truth. I can tell them that the police filed a false report, that the GAL made biased claims, and that the entire system is a joke(not exactly in those words). There is a strong chance that I will be charged with purgury if I tell the truth, but if I do not, then my roommate faces jail time. This is not an easy choice, but I plan to make the right one, no matter what it costs me.

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