Disciplined by Lenore Ashwood

Author:Lenore Ashwood [Ashwood, Lenore]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lenore Ashwood
Published: 2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00

14

Dimi parked the truck in the visitor parking spot down from the condos for the new consultants. Jones had called in sick, so he offered to replace the circuit boards for the security systems. The lock sensors were working, but a test last night had shown the perimeter didn’t respond.

Since the consultants weren’t expected here before eleven, he’d have plenty of time to update and test and get out.

It was easier to think of Anya as a consultant. Well, not easy, but at least gave him a little distance.

He was pretty sure telling him he’d be her evaluator was a joke. Evaluators had to be someone the consultant didn’t know; otherwise, they couldn’t judge how well they could handle having sex with a stranger for money. Many recruits claimed they were okay with it, but the majority were not. Even those who seemed okay often quit within the first few months.

He grabbed his toolbox and got out of the truck.

“Good morning,” said an elderly woman walking her small dog.

“Good morning,” he answered.

“Are you going to look at the back gate? My husband says it’s been staying open overnight.” She looked at the Cavendish Security patch on his chest then back at his face.

“No, ma’am, I’m here to work on an alarm for a few of the units. What is your unit number?”

“Forty-seven.”

“Oh, not yours then,” he said, and gave her his best “I’m just doing my job” smile.

“Oh,” she replied, her smile fading.

“You should contact the association. They’ll get someone on the gate problem,” he told her and tipped his hat and kept walking.

Cavendish had three units in this complex. They usually purchased properties in threes all around Seattle, both for consultants and clients who flew in from out of town. Client places, though, were pretty high-end and usually in highrises. A lot higher than these.

He opened the gate to the first unit and walked around to the back. A small cement pad off a sliding glass door marked the patio, and on the side nearest him was a metal table and chair set, the chairs still upside-down on the table. The facilities manager should have had the set-up team look after that, but maybe that was still in the works, since it wasn’t close to eleven yet.

On the wall near the corner of the unit were three gray boxes. One was for cable and Internet, the other housed utility meters, and the bottom was for the security system.

He pulled out the key and crouched down to open the box that had a Cavendish Security sticker on it. He glanced at the components inside then opened his toolbox and took out the box holding the new circuit board.

Looking at the board in the box, he noticed slight corrosion on the edge of it. He closed the door and inspected the seal of the box. Rain must have dripped through the seal into the box.

“It’s probably like this for all of them,” he mumbled, pulling out his phone to open a ticket for his security team to reseal all condo boxes.

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