The lady turned up at the door and didn't even bother for the maid to open
it she just walked straight in and commended the maid on her choice of
chair, talking humourously, and the maid wondered. She had never seen this
emotion in the lady. She then went into every detail about what had
happened and the lady was at first worried then pleased with the
professionalism that the maid had shown. After a hurried dinner with the
lady the maid returned to making notes on what happened. Usually she didn't
do this after 7 o'clock but the lady had asked her to keep working until
all the lights were off in the house. The lady also gave the maid another
envelope with another 10 $100 notes in and said thank you. This is a bonus.
The maid then quickly back to work on everything that was happening at the house but not much did. The police chief left at about 9 and at about 10 all the lights went off. The maid was glad as she really wanted, and needed, a good nights sleep.
The next morning she was surprised as the wife also went out of the house at the same time as her husband but they didn't both get into the car. The wife started walking to the bus stop down the road. Odd thought the maid as many people would want to stay in there home the day after they almost get robbed, but then again the wife must have her reasons. She was surprised, as the husband didn't come home that night, neither did the wife, so at 6 o'clock she called the lady and told her what had just happened. The lady said thank you to the maid and asked if she could stay at the home till they got back, of course was the maid's reply. The phone went dead. The maid after that went to bed, as she couldn't see out of the window because of the darkness.
The maid rose early the next day, so early it was still dark and she wondered why she had woken at this time she looked out the window and found that the husband and wife were back. She quickly dressed and didn't even bother with the usual 10 minutes that it took to do her hair. She ran down the stairs and asked one of the other maids to tell her when the husband and wife had arrived home, about 5 milady. She got through a hurried breakfast, bacon and eggs, sunny side up, and a strong black coffee. She then sat in her chair and watched the house. There seemed to be no one there but finally at about 8 o'clock she saw someone getting up out of the bedroom. It was the husband. She decided to call the window repair office and ask if she could speak to the man. So she called the office and asked for him. She was told that he had taken the next 2 days off on family leave. She felt like something wasn't as it should so she rang the lady, told her everything that had happened. The lady was amazed that the maid was able to find out all this information at such short notice and she was now assured that she made the right choice picking this maid from the others. The lady then also had the same feeling that it wasn't right but didn't say it. She told the maid to just wait and to call her straight away if anything happened.
The lady was the wondering why the man was on family leave as this was normally taken because of a death in the family. Maybe that happened was the lady's only thought. She would have to find out, but it was too late now so she thought that she would go to bed and work out what she was going to do tomorrow morning.
The lady woke up at about 8 o'clock the next morning after a very nice sleep. She got breakfast, had a shower and got dressed, comfortable but suitable. The first thing that she had to do was to ring the deaths office and find out if a relative of the husband had recently died. She rang and they asked how she knew the man. She said that she was a close personal friend of him, she was about to say that she wondered why he wasn't at work but then she thought; give only the information needed was one of her rules. The reply that she got was no, none of his relatives had died recently. She replaced the phone and sat. In a mahogany studded chair, similar to that of the maid, and thought. Why would he be running off somewhere and say that he was on family leave? Everything that she had found out about him from his colleagues, neighbours and friends of his that owed her a favour or two. They had said that he was more honest that anyone. She hadn't taken a day off work in his six years of being there. It just wasn't like him to run off somewhere without something really bad happening and she had to find out.
The next day she went to the maid's house and asked her if anything had happened. The maid told her everything from that day, starting with the wife leaving at the same time as the husband but going to the bus stop instead of going with her husband, her ringing the office and them saying that he was away on family leave, the maid ringing the deaths office and finding out no relative of his of the wife had died recently and that no- one had come home yet. She also voiced her worries that something wasn't right but couldn't exactly say what it was. The lady said that she was right about being worried and then said to not worry about it, as she would find out everything that she needed to know. The maid was intrigued on how the lady planned on finding out this information but didn't raise her thoughts.
For the next day the lady kept ringing the office and asking if they knew where the husband had gone. She also called the neighbours but they also knew nothing. She was about to give up when one neighbour suddenly rang. The neighbour said that she had overheard the husband and wife talking about going up to the country for a week, so they could get away from everything. The lady asked where exactly and she was glad of the answer as she had several properties there. She thought that this would be the perfect place to find out what they are really like, and if she had to, kill the wife, as it would be the perfect crime. For no one knew who all the tourists were and one death wouldn't go very far. She got the maids to prepare her bag and make sure that everything was ready for her journey.
The maid then quickly back to work on everything that was happening at the house but not much did. The police chief left at about 9 and at about 10 all the lights went off. The maid was glad as she really wanted, and needed, a good nights sleep.
The next morning she was surprised as the wife also went out of the house at the same time as her husband but they didn't both get into the car. The wife started walking to the bus stop down the road. Odd thought the maid as many people would want to stay in there home the day after they almost get robbed, but then again the wife must have her reasons. She was surprised, as the husband didn't come home that night, neither did the wife, so at 6 o'clock she called the lady and told her what had just happened. The lady said thank you to the maid and asked if she could stay at the home till they got back, of course was the maid's reply. The phone went dead. The maid after that went to bed, as she couldn't see out of the window because of the darkness.
The maid rose early the next day, so early it was still dark and she wondered why she had woken at this time she looked out the window and found that the husband and wife were back. She quickly dressed and didn't even bother with the usual 10 minutes that it took to do her hair. She ran down the stairs and asked one of the other maids to tell her when the husband and wife had arrived home, about 5 milady. She got through a hurried breakfast, bacon and eggs, sunny side up, and a strong black coffee. She then sat in her chair and watched the house. There seemed to be no one there but finally at about 8 o'clock she saw someone getting up out of the bedroom. It was the husband. She decided to call the window repair office and ask if she could speak to the man. So she called the office and asked for him. She was told that he had taken the next 2 days off on family leave. She felt like something wasn't as it should so she rang the lady, told her everything that had happened. The lady was amazed that the maid was able to find out all this information at such short notice and she was now assured that she made the right choice picking this maid from the others. The lady then also had the same feeling that it wasn't right but didn't say it. She told the maid to just wait and to call her straight away if anything happened.
The lady was the wondering why the man was on family leave as this was normally taken because of a death in the family. Maybe that happened was the lady's only thought. She would have to find out, but it was too late now so she thought that she would go to bed and work out what she was going to do tomorrow morning.
The lady woke up at about 8 o'clock the next morning after a very nice sleep. She got breakfast, had a shower and got dressed, comfortable but suitable. The first thing that she had to do was to ring the deaths office and find out if a relative of the husband had recently died. She rang and they asked how she knew the man. She said that she was a close personal friend of him, she was about to say that she wondered why he wasn't at work but then she thought; give only the information needed was one of her rules. The reply that she got was no, none of his relatives had died recently. She replaced the phone and sat. In a mahogany studded chair, similar to that of the maid, and thought. Why would he be running off somewhere and say that he was on family leave? Everything that she had found out about him from his colleagues, neighbours and friends of his that owed her a favour or two. They had said that he was more honest that anyone. She hadn't taken a day off work in his six years of being there. It just wasn't like him to run off somewhere without something really bad happening and she had to find out.
The next day she went to the maid's house and asked her if anything had happened. The maid told her everything from that day, starting with the wife leaving at the same time as the husband but going to the bus stop instead of going with her husband, her ringing the office and them saying that he was away on family leave, the maid ringing the deaths office and finding out no relative of his of the wife had died recently and that no- one had come home yet. She also voiced her worries that something wasn't right but couldn't exactly say what it was. The lady said that she was right about being worried and then said to not worry about it, as she would find out everything that she needed to know. The maid was intrigued on how the lady planned on finding out this information but didn't raise her thoughts.
For the next day the lady kept ringing the office and asking if they knew where the husband had gone. She also called the neighbours but they also knew nothing. She was about to give up when one neighbour suddenly rang. The neighbour said that she had overheard the husband and wife talking about going up to the country for a week, so they could get away from everything. The lady asked where exactly and she was glad of the answer as she had several properties there. She thought that this would be the perfect place to find out what they are really like, and if she had to, kill the wife, as it would be the perfect crime. For no one knew who all the tourists were and one death wouldn't go very far. She got the maids to prepare her bag and make sure that everything was ready for her journey.
