Dev Conrad - 03 - Blindside
“I worked while I ate. In addition to interviews the DVD held names of people and places. I needed to verify that these actually existed. In the age of photoshopping you had to check and recheck everything.
The first two names checked out. I found them in the white pages online.
I finished my food. I still had half my beer. I worked on the bottle as I punched in phone numbers. Three rings, four rings.
‘Hello.’ Female. Wary.
‘Mrs Hayes?’ Silence.
‘Mrs Hayes?’ ‘Who is this?’ ‘My name is Dev Conrad.... You don’t know me, but I’d like to set up an appointment to see you.’ Long pause. ‘Those days are behind me. Now leave me alone.’ She slammed the phone with a fury that told me how much she wanted to forget her past and resented – despised – anybody who’d bring it up.
The second number I dialed yielded only an automatic message voice, one of those robots who will someday be our masters. The robot wouldn’t even part with the name of who owned this particular phone number.MoreLess
The first two names checked out. I found them in the white pages online.
I finished my food. I still had half my beer. I worked on the bottle as I punched in phone numbers. Three rings, four rings.
‘Hello.’ Female. Wary.
‘Mrs Hayes?’ Silence.
‘Mrs Hayes?’ ‘Who is this?’ ‘My name is Dev Conrad.... You don’t know me, but I’d like to set up an appointment to see you.’ Long pause. ‘Those days are behind me. Now leave me alone.’ She slammed the phone with a fury that told me how much she wanted to forget her past and resented – despised – anybody who’d bring it up.
The second number I dialed yielded only an automatic message voice, one of those robots who will someday be our masters. The robot wouldn’t even part with the name of who owned this particular phone number.MoreLess
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