Nonetheless, Julia rushed inside and rolled the scooter in with her. And once safe in her apartment, she decided to ask her best friend what the heck was going on.
“My boyfriend also came in and was curious because Julia was sweating like she had run a marathon and was rolling this beat-up scooter in,” she recalled.
Anyway, Julia ended up revealing how while walking around the neighborhood, she had recognized the stolen scooter.
More specifically, there was an open detached garage that Julia peeked inside, and that was when her best friend claimed to have recognized the Vespa.
Even though the vehicle was black, though, Julia explained how the person from her neighborhood who supposedly stole it must have painted over the yellow.
And her best friend only knew this because the thief never bothered to remove the stickers Julia had put on before painting the scooter black.
So, Julia could still see the outlines of the shapes of her stickers underneath the new paint job.
Also, to be clear: her best friend had already gone to the police about the theft after seeing someone riding the scooter in public shortly after it was stolen.
However, she claims that the authorities were “worse than useless” and told Julia that confronting someone about an item that was “worth so little” would be “too much of a liability.”
This ultimately forced Julia to give up the idea of getting justice– at least, in the proper way. Then, after she saw the re-painted scooter sitting in someone’s garage, her best friend decided to take matters into her own hands.
Julia actually ran back home, grabbed the spare key, and then ran back to the detached garage. Thankfully, no one was there, so her best friend was able to slip inside, start up the scooter, and flee.