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remember to reset your password..

By Anna KerrPublished about a year ago 5 min read
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"Reset your password."

"You've got to be kidding me" Julianna spat, throwing her notebook to the side. She had anticipated there would be some issues, or kickback. But this was the last thing she was anticipating. She was hoping to be in and out, nice and quick. Nobody would even know she was even there. But then of course there was the password. And not only was there a password, but her three guesses had been unsuccessful, and was prompted to reset the password.

"Great. Now not only do I not have what I want, I also have to reset the damn password so he doesn't know I was snooping" Julianna growled, sighing heavily. She tightened her pony tail and cracked her knuckles, getting ready to answer the three questions she was certain she would not know the answer to.

What city was your grandmother born in?

"Of course he would use this as a question" she grumbled, grabbing her notebook and all the notes she had on Andy. It wasn't as if Julianna even knew Andy; she just knew a lot about him. She knew his schedule, his routine. His family members, his friends. His job, hobbies, interests... everything except the password. She had over one hundred pages of notes, with over two months of work put into them. She had spent an extraordinary amount of time on this job, more than she would any other. But this one was special. Yes, this one hit close to home.

"Born and raised in Greenway, New Jersey..." Julianna trailed off, following his family tree. "His grandmother on his mother's side passed before he was born, so he should be referring to his paternal grandmother..."

She bit her lip as she typed in Greenway. It was only a guess; her best educated guess that was. It seemed to be right, because another question popped up on the screen in front of her. Looking behind her to ensure there was nobody coming, she focused her attention on the next question.

First concert you saw

"That one's easy" Julianna smirked, browsing through the "hobbies" tab in her notebook. He liked country music; it was practically the only thing he listened to. She knew he had seen The Reklaw's just last week; she had been there too. Last summer he had seen Luke Bryan; what a show that had been. The only other concert she could think of-

Shania Twain.

The question had seemed to be correct, as it moved onto the third and final question.

Her heart was racing rapidly in her chest; this was it. If she could guess the final question, she would have access to the final piece of information. She looked over her shoulder again, despite knowing she had time. Tuesday's were bowling night, and he'd be gone until 21h00. He was never early from returning, and usually never ran more than a half hour pas 21h00; he was one for timeliness.

Where was your first job?

Julianna wanted to laugh when she saw the question. Why were the questions getting easier, not harder? That seemed like a strange way to do it, having the questions getting progressively easier.

She looked at her watch; she still had an hour to go before he would be home. That gave her about 50 minutes to guess the final question, quickly gather the information she sought, power down the laptop, and arrange everything as it was before she had set foot into his 1000 square foot apartment. Second floor. Apartment 205. He'd lived here for the last four years, before that having just moved out of his parents' home just a forty-minute drive away. She had spent a little amount of time at the two-storey house. It was in an upper-class neighborhood, one to which Julianna's family would never have been able to afford. They were more of a pay check to pay check type of family. She was thankful things weren't like that now.

She was feeling a little sad; it had been two months of straight research, and straight prep work. Andy had preoccupied her mind for the past two months, night and day. Sure, she would move onto the next contract after, but this one felt different. This one was a special project.

Where was his first job? Well, that was easy, she thought with a smirk.

Best Buy

He had been a clerk at Best Buy in high school and had worked there through his post-secondary education. He went to school close to his parents, for what she assumed was to save money. She had to applaud him for that. Most teens loved the thought of moving away from their parents, to immediately enjoy the freedom that came with being an adult. But Andy wasn't much of a partier. For all intents and purposes, he was a pretty responsible guy.

The website finally loaded and prompted her to set a new password. Shit. If she didn't change it to the previous password, Andy would know something wasn't right. But she also knew that most websites wouldn't let you change your password to a previous password.

Not knowing what else to do, and not wanting to run out of time, she set the password to his family dog's name, adding in the year they had adopted him for good measure; Bently04. That was a common password people had, right? It didn't matter; she got what she had come here for, and had to make a quick escape.

She was so wrapped up with changing the password, she didn't even hear the front door open. She didn't hear the footsteps slowly approaching her. She didn't even sense the presence of the man behind her.

"Well, well, well. Look who fell right into my trap."

Julianna almost jumped out of the chair. There stood Andy, but there was something that seemed so familiar.

"What are you-" Julianna cut herself off, feeling her heart sink in her chest. No. It couldn't be. She wouldn't fall for something so silly, would she?

"Truly, Julianna, I thought you were smarter than this" the man stated with a smirk. "But I set the trap and you took the bait; hook, line and sinker."

"Justin" Julianna muttered, closing her eyes, feeling stupid. It had all been a setup. Of course, she didn't know Andy was actually somebody else. Justin was just as private as she was; they prided themselves in that. But how she didn't recognize him was beyond her. Did he take over someone's identity? How did he manage to pull the wool over her eyes so easily?

"I'm not going to give you some elaborate speech on how I managed to fool you so easily. The answer is simple, and I think you know exactly why I fooled you, and you know exactly how I did this" Justin spoke slowly but surely.

"So, what. Are you going to kill me then?" she asked, no hint of emotion in her voice. He simply stared at her, an evil grin on his face.

This was going to feel good. He thought to himself, as he pulled the concealed glock he had from under his coat.

Mystery
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Anna Kerr

| hockey fan | occasional writer | skyrim |

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