Tintin stared at the computer, her email account on the screen. She blinked and read, again, the email that had caused her some confusion.
Dear Miss Kyrano,
Thank you for your last communication regarding your order with our company. The item you requested to be added to your order has been processed and should arrive with the items of your original order.
May we take this opportunity to thank you for your continued custom with our company.
Merry Christmas
Dave from the orders department
No, thought Tintin to herself, I still don't understand. I didn't order anything extra.
The email was from the company that delivered everything that the inhabitants of Tracy Island needed or wanted for Christmas, with the exception of presents. Every year Tintin would check over the previous year's order, consult with everyone on the island and sent in the order in mid November. She never needed to go back and order anything forgotten and this year was no exception.
So why does it seem like I have? She thought to herself.
Minimising the window with the email on it, she opened the document with the Christmas list and read it thoroughly. No, nothing was missing. She thought back to her conversations with Mr Tracy, her father and Grandma, and no, she hadn't missed anything that they had asked for.
The boys hadn't asked for anything specific. This year they hadn't even tried to get her to order extra food liked they usually tried to, as if she wasn't already ordering enough.
No, she had ordered everything she had needed to. So why had she received this email saying something has been added? Then it struck her. The email had said she had contacted them asking for something else. Well quite simply put, she hadn't. She opened up her email account again and went to the sent folder. The only email she could find from herself to the company was her original order she had sent two weeks ago. Maybe it was a glitch in their software. Maybe it was a different person's order that needed to be amended. She needed to email the company to inform them of their mistake so they could rectify it in time. She quickly typed out the email and went to check whether Grandma needed any help with lunch.
Later that evening, whilst she was waiting for the boys to return from the latest rescue, she checked her emails again.
Dear Miss Kyrano,
I apologise at causing some confusion with my last email. The additional order was received over the telephone by myself. The gentleman I spoke to had all the available information needed, order numbers and address so I processed the order as I saw nothing amiss. If this is not the case then I apologise unreservedly. I have attached a copy of your order with the additional item highlighted. If you wish for this item to be removed please don't hesitate to let us know.
Merry Christmas
Dave from the orders department
Now Tintin was really confused. The extra order appeared to have come from the island. The order numbers for the delivery were easily found and in no way hidden. The clue of a gentleman's voice only ruled out Grandma. Tintin lived with eight men, well eight if you counted John up in the space station and Tintin wasn't sure if he could phone anyone up there so she could probably rule him out as well, but that still left seven. It could have been something her father or Mr Tracy had forgotten to ask her for or it could be something to do with part of a Christmas prank organised by Gordon.
Deciding she'd better check it wasn't the latter she opened the attachment file and scrolled down to where the additional item was highlighted and took in a sharp breath.
Additional item: - Mistletoe
Well now she didn't know what to think!