Beyond Belief by Mark Lingane

Author:Mark Lingane [Lingane, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi

The Phone Company was on the cards again. He stood outside the front doors, psyching himself up to it. They’re not that big, he thought, and no one in there is that important. They’re just normal people like me. Sort of.

He strode toward the main doors. Anyone entering had to get their speed up and put their shoulder to them as soon as they came into contact with them. Then, with the increased momentum, they could budge the doors enough to squeeze through. That was only if the person entering was lucky enough to pick the unlocked one of the set. If they didn’t have the weight or the momentum they would be stuck outside until enough people turned up and charged at it, or until everyone went home, which happened more often than not. Except in this case.

Joshua put his shoulder to the door. He had guessed correctly. The door moved a fraction of an inch, and he leaned his weight to it. It swung another few precious inches and he ducked his way in. The door swung back on its hinges with a resounding thud. He was in.

Next was the secretary. He had already seen the interior of the building so its gaudiness offered no threat. She sat behind her immense desk filing her nails. She didn’t bother to look up.

“Now listen here, young lady. I want to know who wrote this letter to me.” He hammered his umbrella viciously on the desktop.

“If you have a complaint write to The Phone Company,” she said. She still didn’t bother to look up.

“I’ll have you know I’ve already done that.”

“Well, what’s the problem then?”

“I want to know who wrote the reply to my letter.” He brought out a piece of paper and waved it in the air vaguely but not too close to the receptionist.

“They wrote back?” she said in disbelief. She looked up.

Success, he thought.

“Someone here wrote back?” She shook her head in disbelief. “It certainly wasn’t me.” She folded her arms and glared at Joshua. There was a moment’s pause. She unfolded her arms and leaned forward. “In fact, I don’t believe you. I think you’re making it up. Let’s see this so-called letter from The Phone Company.”

He had been prepared for this. He flourished the paper in front of the secretary and she, with lightning speed, grabbed it from him. He had spent some time researching the type of paper and the typeface they used. When he and Damien had created it, it had looked authentic—after he had corrected Damien’s spelling errors. Deliberate, Damien had protested, because anyone who worked in a place like that obviously wouldn’t know how to spel. A point to which Joshua was quite ready to agree except for the inclusion of spellcheckers in their word processors, including the ones owned by the executives. And Damien had pointed out that they didn’t have to use them.

Keeping her hand on top of the piece of paper on the desk and one eye on Joshua, the receptionist pulled a magnifying glass and a pair of tweezers out of her desk drawer.

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