like a summer camp for a cracked adult.
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All except for that cage.
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The Man in My Basement
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Three days before Anniston Bennet was due to arrive, I 3
received a telegram. It had been slipped under my front 4
door sometime the day before.
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Mr. Blakey,
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After numerous attempts to reach you by telephone, 8
we are contacting you by this method to confirm the ap-9
pointment and to ask you to meet the client’s train at 10
12:04 a.m. Please confirm your agreement by calling the 11
number on the card that the client gave you at your first 12
meeting.
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There was no signature, but of course none was necessary.
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I thought the secrecy was strange, but then again Bethany 16
had told me about rich people and how odd they were.
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It took me the entire day to find that card. I turned the 18
house inside out. Finally I found it in the upstairs ham-19
per, in the pocket I had put it in after calling Bennet the 20
first time.
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“Hello,” said a familiar voice. “You have reached the 22
Tanenbaum and Ross Investment Strategies Group” —
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the click — “Mr. Bennet” — the next click — “is not in at 24
the moment but will return your message at the earliest 25
possible time. Please leave your name and number after 26
the signal.”
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“I’ll be there at midnight,” I said and hung up.
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Walter Mosley
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