The Feds rock up early in the morning, ASIC one step behind them. Dawn. At home, Melissa, Anthony and the kid. Melissa pulls on a pair of running leggings, a singlet top and a pair of particular shoes. What Anthony gets clobbered up in is unknown, at present.
The Feds do their thing, they tell Melissa someone tipped them off, they lay out the process they are going to instigate, they take equipment, papers, camera's , lap tops, IPads, what have you. They inform Melissa that the jig is up, her fraud and scamming days are over, all is known , and all will be revealed in tomorrow's newspapers, which means the 'investors', ( now known as victims ) are about to have their lives shattered, and Melissa's lifetime of lying exposed.
Trucks will be arriving to remove assets, nothing is to be removed except by the AFP.
ASIC / AFP leave, apparently, for reasons that defy reason, ( to me ) they remove the innards of the security camera on the front porch. The story is, they want to examine who came to the house, when common sense would tell anyone that what was going to be coming and going from now on would be more relevant.. but I digress. .
Anthony says, they had a normal day and night. ( this cannot be true. For a hundred reasons ) . They, according to Anthony have a small party that night, one that had been arranged. ( I doubt this ) .. ok. its night, the day is over, the party is over, and everyone goes to bed to gather strength for another day.
At 5/30am around there, the son hears the front door open, or close, or both. That's all. Doesn't see Mum, doesn't hear Mum but assumes Mum is going for her run, dressed in the gear, especially , the same shoes she had on the day before when the raid by AFP took place. They filmed these exact shoes.
So .. Anthony and , I presume, the son, wait around, for Mum to come back. 30 hours pass.. Anthony does a little tour of the Eastern suburbs beauty spots, where they liked to go. Nothing is seen of Melissa.
That's all Anthony said he did. Who did he ring? was it him that told the brother of their impending doom? did Melissa do that phone call before she went on the run?> . Did the brother come galloping over from Edgecliffe to find out just what was going on, what's going to happen to elderly mum and dad, what about him, he's sixty, the dogs, what about the dogs . Can't they sell the Aspen apartment?? bad news about that.... What about his 1% share in the mumanddad's apartment? .
Who else was rung and told the awful news? People must have been told ..
It is difficult to believe that everybody just sat around , silent, thinking about, oh.. what to wear, and what to have for lunch. A huge life changing bomb has just gone off in their lives, who did they ( anthony and the bro ) consult, try and get comfort from, advice from, help from??? ..
