I was helping some friends of mine financially for a while, but I couldn't do it anymore. They relied on me a lot and I told them that I couldn't be responsible for them anymore.  The female is a very nice lady that is unfortunately associated with the male. The male has taken advantage of me before and it's only because of the female that I associated with him at all.  They were good friends and roommates. 

They hit some hard times financially and were eventually kicked out of their home for non-payment of rent and I was trying to be helpful and rented them a Uhaul truck with the understanding that it would be returned the next day (Thursday).  

Thursday turned into Saturday. Come to find out that they planned to live in the truck until they found a place. Not part of the original plan.  My dad and I went to pick up the truck on Saturday like they agreed but they weren't there. After several phone calls, they promised to meet us at the Uhaul store that afternoon. They never showed and blocked our phone #s and we waited there for six hours. 

On Monday, I got a text that they planned to return the truck on Wednesday, seven days after the initial rental. I was still trying to be reasonable at this point so I agreed. On Wednesday, they said to meet them at their old house on Friday morning. 

Friday morning came and my mom and I went there. Surprise surprise, they weren't there. The female called, though, and said she'd had some problems, etc. and that she would return the truck that night and even give me money towards it (I didn't care about that as much as just returning it so the expense wouldn't keep going up).  I told her that if it wasn't returned that evening I would call the police. 

Friday afternoon I got a call from the male saying that the female is going to hang on to the truck and it won't be returned that night. He says he is in a different state, though I had reason to believe he is still with the female.  Again, I stated if it wasn't returned that I would call the police. He became very belligerent and threatened to call the police claiming I stole some property I had that was the female's (which she gave me and I have text messages telling me to keep it). 

Friday evening, I went to Uhaul to get the necessary information on the truck and then to the police to at least see if a phone call from the police would be enough to spur my friends into returning it. While I was at the police station, the female called me and said that she still planned to return the truck that night, but she had been out looking for places to live and will not return to the truck until much later in the evening.  She seemed very upset over the whole thing and I agreed to await further instructions from her about picking it up.  However, I asked for the location of the vehicle and she claimed not to know. It was parked at a friend's house and she didn't know the street name. 

The agreement was for her to call me in an hour when she got back to the vehicle. I texted her when I hadn't heard from her an hour and a half later.  She said then that she would call me in twenty minutes. That was the last I heard from her.  I called her about thirty times and texted several times with no answer all over the next 12 hours.  

Finally, on Saturday morning (today), I gave her a warning that in an hour, if I didn't hear from her, I was going to follow through and go back to the police. 

When the hour was up, I called and texted her again with no answer.  I went to the police and filed the report.  Then went to Uhaul and gave them the information. I texted her to let her know that if she returned the truck at night after hours, Uhaul would not do anything to her (that's what I was told). However, if she was caught with it, then she/he would be arrested. 

I feel really bad and I hate to see anyone get arrested but I grew tired of the lies.   Am I a jerk?