At breakfast, she was reading the services section in the local paper when she came across it.
For several days she had been having trouble with the house’s security system. It wasn’t working. Instead of a few taps at the control panel, she had to physically go around the whole house locking everything up. To make it worse, she had to do it quietly. It took forever, causing her to start her day much earlier. She looked up at the ceiling. Of course, there was an even bigger problem upstairs. She sighed. Looking back down, she saw the address. She couldn’t believe what she was reading. The ad read Security Handling Agency. This was local, no, this was in her street! Checking the time, she locked up as quickly as possible and left the house.
She walked past several houses, then crossed over. At the address, she stood for a moment looking at the place. There didn’t seem to be a sign of any sort. It just looked like an ordinary house.
Undeterred, she went up to the front door. There was no doorbell, only a small knocker. She gave it a few taps and waited.
The man who answered the door seemed puzzled to see her. Poking his head out, he looked up and down the street before saying, “Yes? Can I help you?”
Not being put off by the man’s behaviour, she said, “Yes. I hope so. Security Handling Agency, right?”
The man was visibly shaken by the question. In a small voice, he said, “Yes”.
“I was wondering whether you could fix something for me?”
“Pardon?”
“It’s a security matter.”
Still shaken, he said, “Sorry. I don’t understand.”
“Oh! I live across the street, just a few houses up, and I found your ad in the local paper this morning.”
His eyebrows shot up. ‘You found my ad?’ Shaking his head, he smiled. “That can’t be right.”
‘Well, I can assure you, I did. When I saw your address, you know, right across the street… I don’t know, it was some sort of providence, I suppose. Is that the right word, providence?’
‘Look. There’s something really wrong here. I get the same paper. Would you mind coming in for a minute and we’ll look for this advertisement you think you found?”
Checking her phone’s time, she said, “OK, but I mustn’t make myself late for work. You see, that’s part of the problem, the problem I’m having with security.”
She sat in his front room while he found the paper. Handing it to her, he said, “I’m sure you’re wrong about this. See for yourself, if you can find it.”
She began flipping pages. “I thought it was funny that you didn’t give a telephone number in the ad, only an address; this address.” She looked up. “Yes, here it is.” She handed him the paper.
“Oh! No! This is all wrong. This shouldn’t be in here. Someone has really screwed up!”
“What do you mean?”
A strange smile came over the man’s face. “Look, lady. Let’s stop pussy-footing around, shall we… who do you want killed?”
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