Foxy Lady
Star
- Joined
- Jan 30, 2014
- Location
- United Kingdom
Will dropped the post on the kitchen table and went to pour himself a coffee at the counter. As he turned, he froze at the expression on his wife's face. She was staring at an envelope. Just an ordinary envelope, white with a typed address. She pushed it across.
'Look at the address, look at how it's spelt.'
Will's hand shook as he saw the error, the misspelt street name. Except it wasn't an error. It was a sign, a prearranged sign that she would be contacted with instructions.
'I'd hoped they'd forgotten us.' Her voice trembled.
'No, Dawn, they haven't and they won't, they never do.'
'You look, Will.'
Her husband opened the letter and read the innocuous message inside. Then he read it again, deciphering the simple code. Date, time and place.
They sat quietly together wondering what her instruction would be this time. Contacts had been infrequent since they had arrived here, since they had been sent here. Usually the couple could not understand what the point was, why they were being asked to do the things they were told.
Will's instructions were impossible to understand, but lately – over the past few years – they had noticed a pattern in Dawn's instructions. She had been told to apply for a job, which she got. That was five years ago. Then two years ago she was told to apply for promotion, which she got. The couple discussed it at length, although they knew it was pointless to try to fathom the machinations of their controllers back home. It looked as if she was being placed in this organisation for a purpose. But what purpose. It must be a long term plan because years were passing. Last year, she had been transferred to a new boss. She had no idea whether this was just chance or it had been arranged by someone else placed in the organisation.
She collected the message. It was in the pocket of a coat she had left for dry cleaning. Her husband opened it, quickly read the code and handed it to his wife.
'I can't do this,' she threw the letter across the room.
'You have to, Dawn, you have no choice.' He was right. she had to do it.
'Look at the address, look at how it's spelt.'
Will's hand shook as he saw the error, the misspelt street name. Except it wasn't an error. It was a sign, a prearranged sign that she would be contacted with instructions.
'I'd hoped they'd forgotten us.' Her voice trembled.
'No, Dawn, they haven't and they won't, they never do.'
'You look, Will.'
Her husband opened the letter and read the innocuous message inside. Then he read it again, deciphering the simple code. Date, time and place.
They sat quietly together wondering what her instruction would be this time. Contacts had been infrequent since they had arrived here, since they had been sent here. Usually the couple could not understand what the point was, why they were being asked to do the things they were told.
Will's instructions were impossible to understand, but lately – over the past few years – they had noticed a pattern in Dawn's instructions. She had been told to apply for a job, which she got. That was five years ago. Then two years ago she was told to apply for promotion, which she got. The couple discussed it at length, although they knew it was pointless to try to fathom the machinations of their controllers back home. It looked as if she was being placed in this organisation for a purpose. But what purpose. It must be a long term plan because years were passing. Last year, she had been transferred to a new boss. She had no idea whether this was just chance or it had been arranged by someone else placed in the organisation.
She collected the message. It was in the pocket of a coat she had left for dry cleaning. Her husband opened it, quickly read the code and handed it to his wife.
'I can't do this,' she threw the letter across the room.
'You have to, Dawn, you have no choice.' He was right. she had to do it.