BofA HELOC (was Countrywide at time)

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LOL - he just needed his mom along.

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Thanks Tom - Yes, my lawyer does seem to know what he is doing. And yes, my son is writing the book. He doesn't want to share too much of it with me yet, because it's painful, but he asks my advice and he is writing it. He'll let me see (edit) it when he's ready.

As I said, it's a long story. Short is that he was going through a painful divorce, met a girl (woman?) who hung out with a bad crowd and when he realized that and broke it off he was jumped by 3 men who poured gasoline on him and set him on fire, after they hit him with a pipe and while he was out handcuffed him, cut out his tongue and then set him on fire. He says only God saved him as he was in good enough physical shape to somehow break apart the handcuffs and run to the house to dial 911. I really don't know how he did it. Neither does the BCA. It is still an open case. They never found the people and she had an alibi.

It was an awful, awful time and by writing it, he is living through it all over again. BUT....the writing of it is bringing back memories and it really is making him stronger, rather than holding it all in. Because of the induced coma they put him in - for almost 3 months, his memory is still foggy. They had to do that or the pain alone would have killed him. Hence all the medication he was on, which threatened his kidneys.

I should, in all fairnes to her, add that he was a CD counselor and it is possible that someone thought one of his clients said something they shouldn't have or was perceived as saying something. This is something we may never know. He is having a hard time with memories.

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I also want to thank everyone on here at the BK Forum. It has been such a blessing to me - I really am a newbie at this. There are so many things I have learned and I was going crazy about the whole insurance and how I paid for the bike - worrying so much. And all of you have given me peace in that.

I can't remember feeling such an affinty with people in such a long, long time.

Thank you.

[SunkShip]

Wow Discouraged, that is a terrifying, I am sorry you have both been put through this by such monsters. I am glad your son is recovering and that his motorcycle can be fitted to work for him. It seems like such a little thing but recovery takes a pile of those small things. Good luck and hugs to you both!

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Thanks for the hugs Sunkship. Very much appreciated. And you know what Sunkship? One of the 1st things he worried about when he was finally able to think straight was - how's my bike? He even named the dumb thing after me and was/is so very grateful that I did not let it go and kept paying for it.

Makes you wonder. When sometimes you think you are doing a dumb thing (like my not just letting it be repossessed) that maybe all the time you were doing the right thing and just didn't realize it. When I think of it, a lot of his determination during his therapy is because he is determined he will ride that bike again.

Sometimes it's best not to ignore or go against our intuition, or whatever you want to call it.