Intercept
by Doug Jacquier
If only he
could find some way to intercept the letter from
Homeland Security. He had written to them because
he no longer trusted that his emails and phone
calls weren’t being monitored by Them.
He believed
that the postal service remained secure, so far,
but he cursed himself for not having rented a
postbox instead of using his own address. His
wife always collected their mail and she would be
suspicious of any change to that routine. Daily
he had to suppress the awful thought that she too
might be one of Them.
‘Dear
Minister. I have to report a matter that should
be of grave and urgent concern to you and your
Department. I believe I have evidence to support
my belief that forces unknown (hereinafter
referred to as They or Them) have infiltrated the
Lotto system as a way of funding Their various
nefarious activities.
I can
advise that the ruse of winners of most major
prizes being ‘anonymous’ allows the
diversion of funds to Them, through off-shore
numbered accounts and shell companies.
I suspect
some of the funds are being funneled into
infiltrating the labs of vaccine producers.
Through the addition of cleverly disguised
viruses to commonly accepted vaccines, They are
progressively gaining the ability to manipulate
the life choices of our citizens.
I await
your further instructions. Your humble servant
etc. ’
As the time
for the postal van’s arrival drew ever
nearer, he locked himself in the gardening shed
he called his ‘study’.
Thirty minutes
later his wife knocked on his shed door and said
“Letter for you. Marked ‘Private and
Confidential’. What have you been up to?”
He snatched
the letter from her, shut the door and double
locked it. His hands shook as he tore the letter
open and read:
‘Dear
Sir
We
intercepted your letter before it could reach the
Minister’s office because we have reason to
believe his Office has been compromised.
Thank you
for your alertness in detecting the indeed
suspicious activities of They or Them, especially
for the intelligence that They have infiltrated
the Lotto system as a way of funding Their
various nefarious activities.
On Monday,
please call the number listed under my signature.
Making sure your wife is listening, pretend you
are calling Emergency and say you are having a
heart attack. Shortly after, an ambulance will
arrive at your home and two of our Officers,
disguised as paramedics, will put you in the
vehicle. You will be taken to the secret location
of our offices in the basement of a medical
facility.
Be sure to
memorise the phone number and then destroy this
letter and the box it arrived in.
Yours
sincerely, Chief of Homeland Security.’
Having
memorised the letter, he tore it and the envelope
into pieces and fed them into the potbelly stove
he kept going in his shed for warmth in winter.
In his haste, he failed to notice there were no
stamps or postmarks.
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