Phoebe Judge

She wanted to know why they could only pay in cash.

She asked if they were drug dealers.

They told her about Gil.

The owner agreed to skip the credit report and take their down payment in cash.

Karen enrolled her daughters at a private school.

She thought they would ask fewer questions.

She said she didn't have any of their past school records because they'd been homeschooled until now.

Karen says she worried all the time about Gil showing up in Boulder.

Once, Karen woke up in the middle of the night and saw Vinny looking out their bedroom window.

She thought Gil was outside.

Vinny said he could see a police officer standing just outside their fence.

A mountain lion had gotten into their backyard, and the police were waiting for animal control.

Another time, Karen and Vinny had put the girls to bed, and Karen went upstairs to watch TV.

Suddenly, she heard someone who wasn't Vinny calling up the stairs.

It turned out to be a police officer, checking because someone had reported gunshots in the neighborhood.

For a while, Karen couldn't figure out how to get new social security numbers or driver's licenses.

They left in the middle of the week, in the middle of the night.

A friend of her mother's, who lived next door, let them use a utility bill with her address on it.

It was the first time her mother had seen them in a year.

They went back to Colorado.