The Photo shop
by Candyman666Β©
Although each chapter is a story on its own, you might enjoy it more by starting with chapter 1 as there may be references to characters or events that happened in previous chapters.
Chapter 14: Jack and his sub Elisa
The Monday after my rescue operation of Bethany, I got a call from a guy.
"Hello, Lew?"
"Yes this is Lew, what can I do for you?"
"Hey Lew, I'm Jack and I'm calling you on behalf of Tanja for some electrical work that needs to be done in the potential new club playroom, are you aware of this?"
"Yes Jack I am, what would you like to know?"
"To allow me to make an estimate of the cost, I need to visit the premises and see what is required. I have some technical drawings Tanja sent me and a list of what she would like to have installed but I need to see the base I have to start from to be able to give you an estimate of the cost."
"Sounds reasonable, when would you like to come over and do you know where I am?"
"Yeah I know where you are, in the village photoshop, and how does Wednesday morning grab you for a visit?"
"Wednesday is fine, it is usually a quiet day, so yes, around what time can I expect you?"
"Shall we say ten?"
"OK sounds good."
So that Wednesday Jack 'the electrician' came and took a detailed look and made lots of notes.
"I'll send you an estimate in about three days, is that OK for you?"
"Fine, I'll look forward to it."
The estimate I received was very, what am I saying, extremely acceptable, it was obvious that Tanja had given Jack clear instructions on what was expected of him, technically and money-wise. I called Jack and informed him that, as far as I was concerned, it was a go and asked him when he would like to start work.
"We would like to start next week on Monday, we will be arriving bright and early at seven o'clock, is that OK for you, or is that too early?"
"Nope not too early at all, seven is fine by me, I am up at six anyway and my cleaning lady Jill arrives around ten to eight as well. See you then."
That Monday I let Jack in through the back entrance and let him get started. In the evening after a whole day with a lot of drilling and other noise, before locking up, I went down to take a look at what they'd been doing. There were work platforms all over the place and a lot of electric cables already installed along the walls and the ceiling, some of them pretty heavy, my guess, to install winches on the ceiling to hoist things or even, who knows, people.
The next day, going down mid-morning I saw Jack busy putting in electrical sockets on the walls and another person on one of the platforms. All of a sudden, as I looked closer, it hit me, the person on the platform was not wearing a shirt and seemed to be a woman.