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Post by Marie on Aug 12, 2012 18:31:17 GMT -5
"Some guy called Thompson. Do you know him?"
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Post by The Stranger on Aug 12, 2012 18:33:54 GMT -5
"Yes," The man replied, "What you need him for?"
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Post by Marie on Aug 12, 2012 18:40:00 GMT -5
"He has a parcel for me. I don't know what it is."
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Post by The Stranger on Aug 12, 2012 18:42:48 GMT -5
The man grunted, "and how will he know, you are you?" he asked.
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Post by Marie on Aug 12, 2012 18:46:37 GMT -5
"I've got ID," she said. "He'll know who the package is for."
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Post by The Stranger on Aug 12, 2012 18:55:19 GMT -5
"Id?" The man replied, "What if you took the person who was supposed to get the packages id?" he said, "or made a forgery?"
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Post by Marie on Aug 12, 2012 19:06:40 GMT -5
"It's got my photo on it."
She indicated the ID card she now wore around her neck, and which incorporated the photo taken in the camp.
"So will you help me, please?"
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Post by The Stranger on Aug 12, 2012 19:07:24 GMT -5
"Who are you taking the package too?" the man asked.
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Post by Marie on Aug 12, 2012 19:13:17 GMT -5
Since she didn't know the man and wasn't sure if she could trust him, she was cautious in her reply.
"Someone at the Camp," she said.
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Post by The Stranger on Aug 12, 2012 19:37:00 GMT -5
"Well that's what your ID says," the man replied, "But surely the package can't be given to anyone who can say that."
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Post by Marie on Aug 12, 2012 19:46:33 GMT -5
"No, it's to go to someone in particular, but I can't say who," she said.
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Post by The Stranger on Aug 12, 2012 19:47:37 GMT -5
"Well than I can't help you," the man said, with a yawn.
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Post by Marie on Aug 12, 2012 19:58:22 GMT -5
"But why not? I just want to know where Thompson is. It can't matter to you who sent me, surely?"
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Post by The Stranger on Aug 12, 2012 20:06:06 GMT -5
"I"m Thompson." The man replied.
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Post by Marie on Aug 12, 2012 20:14:46 GMT -5
"Oh. Um...do you have ID?"
She felt Carpenter would expect her to check his credentials, just in case he was lying to her.
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