Hide, Jane. Hide!
Welcome to our third ultra-short episode of the adventures of Bondservant. Jane Bondservant.
When we last saw Jane, she was at the front desk of the small private school where she works, when in walked Dr. Jose Noway ... and two little girls he wanted to register to attend there.
See Jane scratch her head.
Jane is confused.
Then Jane is relieved.
Dr. Noway does not recognize her.
(Will wonders never cease? Her friend at the makeup counter at Macy's was right -- a new blush and different shade of lipstick, and she's a new woman.)
Jane thinks about the little girls. They are so cute, she just wants to bend down and hug them.
(Two things stop Jane:
First, she would not put it past Dr. Noway to hide bombs inside little robots disguised as adorable little girls, in the hopes that someone would hug them and blow themselves up.
And second -- Jane is in another room, pretending to look for the paperwork to register the little girls to attend her school.)
It is very hard not to push the master control for the fire alarm system for the whole school. Jane thinks about all the innocent (or not so innocent -- don't let those plaid skirts, bobby socks, bowties and other parts of a standard school uniform fool you into thinking the inside matches the outside) students working hard (or hardly working) at their desks.
Jane would like to push the button and send everyone running out of the school, because she would not put it past Dr. Noway to set off a bomb at any moment.
However, she knows she cannot believe Dr. Noway, and he might just be pretending not to recognize her. He could have come into the school deliberately to frighten her into pushing the fire alarm and send all the students running out of the school, to embarrass Jane and get her in trouble with her boss. A big, balding man with no sense of humor, who thinks women should only wear long sweaters and skirts down to their ankles and never jeans, and who believes fiction of any kind (especially movies and TV and romance) is an invention of the devil.
Then Jane gets an idea. A wonderful idea. She knows Dr. Noway could never answer one specific question -- and if he does not answer the question, he cannot put the little girls into Jane's school.
"We need to know your employer's name," Jane says, coming back to the counter with a stack of paperwork thick enough to choke two mules.
"My employer?"
Jane is very happy to see panic and -- very strange -- shame gleam in Dr. Noway's eyes.
"I am sorry," Dr. Noway says.
Jane fights not to smile. She waits for Dr. Noway to take the little girls and leave the school. Success! She has driven one of her arch-enemies out of the school without endangering the students or hitting the fire alarm.
"I am sorry to say, I am currently working for B.L. Zebob Industries. But I am looking for a new job," Dr. Noway quickly adds.
"B.L. Zebob Industries?" Jane thinks she is about to faint.
This is worse than if Dr. Noway had ten cute little girl bombs with him!
What will Jane do?
Stay tuned for the next episode of the continuing adventures of Bondservant. Jane Bondservant.
When we last saw Jane, she was at the front desk of the small private school where she works, when in walked Dr. Jose Noway ... and two little girls he wanted to register to attend there.
See Jane scratch her head.
Jane is confused.
Then Jane is relieved.
Dr. Noway does not recognize her.
(Will wonders never cease? Her friend at the makeup counter at Macy's was right -- a new blush and different shade of lipstick, and she's a new woman.)
Jane thinks about the little girls. They are so cute, she just wants to bend down and hug them.
(Two things stop Jane:
First, she would not put it past Dr. Noway to hide bombs inside little robots disguised as adorable little girls, in the hopes that someone would hug them and blow themselves up.
And second -- Jane is in another room, pretending to look for the paperwork to register the little girls to attend her school.)
It is very hard not to push the master control for the fire alarm system for the whole school. Jane thinks about all the innocent (or not so innocent -- don't let those plaid skirts, bobby socks, bowties and other parts of a standard school uniform fool you into thinking the inside matches the outside) students working hard (or hardly working) at their desks.
Jane would like to push the button and send everyone running out of the school, because she would not put it past Dr. Noway to set off a bomb at any moment.
However, she knows she cannot believe Dr. Noway, and he might just be pretending not to recognize her. He could have come into the school deliberately to frighten her into pushing the fire alarm and send all the students running out of the school, to embarrass Jane and get her in trouble with her boss. A big, balding man with no sense of humor, who thinks women should only wear long sweaters and skirts down to their ankles and never jeans, and who believes fiction of any kind (especially movies and TV and romance) is an invention of the devil.
Then Jane gets an idea. A wonderful idea. She knows Dr. Noway could never answer one specific question -- and if he does not answer the question, he cannot put the little girls into Jane's school.
"We need to know your employer's name," Jane says, coming back to the counter with a stack of paperwork thick enough to choke two mules.
"My employer?"
Jane is very happy to see panic and -- very strange -- shame gleam in Dr. Noway's eyes.
"I am sorry," Dr. Noway says.
Jane fights not to smile. She waits for Dr. Noway to take the little girls and leave the school. Success! She has driven one of her arch-enemies out of the school without endangering the students or hitting the fire alarm.
"I am sorry to say, I am currently working for B.L. Zebob Industries. But I am looking for a new job," Dr. Noway quickly adds.
"B.L. Zebob Industries?" Jane thinks she is about to faint.
This is worse than if Dr. Noway had ten cute little girl bombs with him!
What will Jane do?
Stay tuned for the next episode of the continuing adventures of Bondservant. Jane Bondservant.
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