Intruder Alert: Part 6

“Ancient Alien Alice might know where the robot is. Maybe she took it and wants us to pay a ransom to get it back. On the other hand, Blake might be able to sweet talk her into giving it back, if you promise to go dowsing with her. What do you say Blake?” Fred asked. Months ago, the first time Nellie spotted Alice in the store from an adjacent aisle, Nellie swore Alice was holding a dowsing rod, and it appeared to have a strong pull. By the time Nellie raced around to the aisle where Alice was standing, the dowsing rod was nowhere to be seen. Alice did tell Nellie that thousands of years ago, star people had lived on the site where the store now stood. Since then, her identity as Ancient Alien Alice was sealed.
“Right I’ll strike up a deal,” Blake said, going along with the joke. He took a deep breath, and sighed.
Blake said to Nellie who was still on the phone, “Nellie, Did she say what she wanted?”
“She said she heard that your toy was missing, and she could help you get it back,” Nellie replied.
“Our toy? Is that what she called it? How did you know she was talking about the robot?” Blake asked.
“We were standing next to the empty robot storage cabinet, and when I asked her, she tapped on the metal door with her finger nail,” Nellie replied.
Blake groaned as he lifted his legs and swung his feet to the floor. He stood up, and stretched his arms straight up, his fingers almost touching the ceiling, and emitted a long stretching groan. With the phone ear piece still in his ear, he replied, “Okay, Nellie. Please tell Alice I’m on my way.”
“Will do, Lou!” Nellie liked to rhyme whenever he could get away with it.
“I’ll let you handle it Blake. If you don’t mind. I think you and Alice have rapport that I can’t begin to match,” Fred said.
After the dowsing incident, Blake had approached Alice, and that’s when she told him they had met before in a prior life, when he was a high priest.
“Are you sure you don’t want to come along, Fred. This could get really interesting. Just imagine, she might have met you before in a past life as well,” Blake replied.
“If she did, I was probably a horse, and had more sense. Give her my best. I’ll wait here. I’m looking forward to the details. On the other hand, we could video tape her explanation and put it on YouTube and it might go viral. We would get more business, then we could get promoted to the corporate office. The possibilities are endless,” Fred dreamily ranted.
“Okay, I’ll check it out on my own, and let you know what’s what. If I don’t come back, remember I gave my life for my company. Maybe we’ll meet in another life, where life is easier, and on the beach,” Blake replied agreeably. Then leaning forward with his arm stretched out before him, he moved toward the exit, leaning as if striding forward into a strong gale. “Onward brave adventurer, into the unknown thou dost step with wary and sure tread.” Blake triumphantly bellowed in a deep voice, as if he were a Shakespearean actor.

To be continued….