Dave At Night (2013)
“DOOM DIDN’T leave his door unlocked the next day, and the maid didn’t clean. But he did the day after, Wednesday. From the top of the marble stairs in the lobby, I watched him leave without locking up.
According to Louis and Danny, the maid came right away after Mr. Doom left, and it took her about ten minutes to clean. Then he came back fifteen minutes or so after she finished. But they were just guessing, because neither of them had a watch.
I started counting seconds as soon as he closed the... door. It was easy. I just kept track of my heart pounding. Blam one. Blam two.
Blam three hundred. Five minutes, and the maid still hadn’t come. By now I could have opened the cabinet, gotten the carving, and been out of there. Blam six hundred, and she still hadn’t come.
Blam six hundred and forty-eight, and a maid came out of the stairwell carrying a feather duster and pulling a Hoover. She strolled toward Mr. Doom’s office, taking her own sweet time.
She opened the door, went inside, and I started counting again.MoreLess
According to Louis and Danny, the maid came right away after Mr. Doom left, and it took her about ten minutes to clean. Then he came back fifteen minutes or so after she finished. But they were just guessing, because neither of them had a watch.
I started counting seconds as soon as he closed the... door. It was easy. I just kept track of my heart pounding. Blam one. Blam two.
Blam three hundred. Five minutes, and the maid still hadn’t come. By now I could have opened the cabinet, gotten the carving, and been out of there. Blam six hundred, and she still hadn’t come.
Blam six hundred and forty-eight, and a maid came out of the stairwell carrying a feather duster and pulling a Hoover. She strolled toward Mr. Doom’s office, taking her own sweet time.
She opened the door, went inside, and I started counting again.MoreLess
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