A little mystery
Upon checking into my hotel room, I found this message on the voice mail:
Hello Jim. I didn’t know you’d be out of town. Where are you? To tell you the truth, I’m somewhat upset. I looked through the calendar and you don’t have any trips marked. And there is nothing that we talked about, nothing that was coming up. I don’t know where you are or when you’ll be back. I’m kind of worried. Please let me know where you are at some point. Goodbye.
I feel asleep wondering who this woman was who’d left the message. A little too formal to be his wife… yet a little too personal for a secretary… an overbearing mother? A secretary who is also a mistress? And if she didn’t know where he was, why was she calling the number of a hotel– did she misdial his cell phone? Wouldn’t she notice that the voice mail message was wrong?
A grad student hoping to get her thesis proofread before defending, perhaps?
Comment by Lab Lemming — February 8, 2007 @ 3:17 am
I reckon they share a house, although it could be an office.
Maybe his sister or housemate, sharing a house? Or maybe a couple sharing office space?
Maybe he forwarded his cell to voice mail?
Comment by Suzie s — February 10, 2007 @ 12:45 am
Add a short paragraph of a more meditative nature at the end, and you have a nice short story!
Or aim for a longer story. In just about two paragraphs you have created enough suspense for your reader to want to turn the page!
Oh wait, where am I?
Comment by plk — March 10, 2007 @ 2:36 pm