Read Online NO ORDINARY ROOM by Bill Williams - Free Book Online Page A
Authors: Bill Williams
Ads: Link
is true. We both have very powerful computers, thanks to your Uncle and my Granddad; I think it might be easier to keep calling him Koolebron. It is important that you don’t reveal its specification to anyone. I have a similar machine to you and I have had the same instructions about keeping its power a secret.’
Daniel confirmed that they were a similar age, but Jamie was disappointed to learn that his new friend had no interest in sport. It soon became obvious to Jamie that Daniel was a bit of a clever clogs, but not boastful. By the time they signed off Jamie knew that he was going to get on with Daniel, although there was something not quite right about everything connected with his mysterious inheritance.
CHAPTER TEN
Kevin Tranter was trying his hand at gardening when he saw the blue van pull up outside Rufus’s house and two men dressed in dark green overalls get out. Whatever Rufus was having done to his gas boiler must be costing him a fortune because it was the third time that the van had called since they had moved in three weeks ago. Kevin gave them a cheery good morning in his usual friendly way and both of the men nodded, the heads moving together as though they had practised the move like members of a synchronised swimming team. Kevin smiled as he returned to hoeing the weed patch, but he had noted that neither of the men looked like typical gas boiler engineers or whatever they called themselves these days. The men didn’t look a bundle of laughs either, but maybe Rufus was giving them a hard time.
Rufus was an odd ball, no doubt about that, but he seemed friendly enough and he had obviously taken a shine to Jamie. Rufus had put Kevin to shame with his interest in computers and it seemed that he was a real keen surfer. Kevin had imagined Rufus searching the Internet for information about his treasured cucumbers and runner beans. Debbie still thought that Rufus was a nosey old so and so and had shifty eyes, but Debbie didn’t really trust anyone she hadn’t known for ages. She wasn’t rude to Rufus, but she didn’t encourage him to talk for long.
Kevin was stretching himself to help ease the pain and stiffness in his back when Debbie came out of the front door carrying a mug of tea.
‘Time for a break, Dave,’ she said.
‘Very, funny,’ Kevin replied at his wife’s reference to him as Dave, the television gardener.
‘Are you trying to compete with old Rufus?’ she asked with a smile before heading back to the house and didn’t hear Kevin say, ‘Heh up, here he comes with the gas men.’
‘Have you been having some trouble, Rufus?’ Kevin asked when his neighbour peered over the hedge after he’d seen the gas van drive away.
‘I wasn’t having any trouble until those two messed up my gas boiler. It was fine, but they told me that there was a problem with the pressure. They offered to fix it for free, so I let them get on with it, but they’ve been back and forth. Anyway, they tell me it’s fixed now, so let’s hope I’ve seen the last of them.’
Kevin asked him if he was sure that they were genuine and not checking out his house for a future burglary.
‘Burglary!’ replied Rufus who was clearly surprised by the suggestion. ‘We don’t have such things in these parts, at least not at present, but with all these outsiders coming in it might change. They seemed genuine enough and showed me their identification cards and you must have seen that they were wearing uniforms.’
Kevin was wondering if Rufus included them as outsiders.
‘I wonder why it only affected your property and how they found out about it if you didn’t report any problems?’ Kevin asked.
Rufus stroked his chin before he replied, ‘I was wondering about that myself and when I asked one of them he told me that it’s all done by computer monitoring. It was the same one who seemed more interested in my computer than fixing the gas
Daniel confirmed that they were a similar age, but Jamie was disappointed to learn that his new friend had no interest in sport. It soon became obvious to Jamie that Daniel was a bit of a clever clogs, but not boastful. By the time they signed off Jamie knew that he was going to get on with Daniel, although there was something not quite right about everything connected with his mysterious inheritance.
CHAPTER TEN
Kevin Tranter was trying his hand at gardening when he saw the blue van pull up outside Rufus’s house and two men dressed in dark green overalls get out. Whatever Rufus was having done to his gas boiler must be costing him a fortune because it was the third time that the van had called since they had moved in three weeks ago. Kevin gave them a cheery good morning in his usual friendly way and both of the men nodded, the heads moving together as though they had practised the move like members of a synchronised swimming team. Kevin smiled as he returned to hoeing the weed patch, but he had noted that neither of the men looked like typical gas boiler engineers or whatever they called themselves these days. The men didn’t look a bundle of laughs either, but maybe Rufus was giving them a hard time.
Rufus was an odd ball, no doubt about that, but he seemed friendly enough and he had obviously taken a shine to Jamie. Rufus had put Kevin to shame with his interest in computers and it seemed that he was a real keen surfer. Kevin had imagined Rufus searching the Internet for information about his treasured cucumbers and runner beans. Debbie still thought that Rufus was a nosey old so and so and had shifty eyes, but Debbie didn’t really trust anyone she hadn’t known for ages. She wasn’t rude to Rufus, but she didn’t encourage him to talk for long.
Kevin was stretching himself to help ease the pain and stiffness in his back when Debbie came out of the front door carrying a mug of tea.
‘Time for a break, Dave,’ she said.
‘Very, funny,’ Kevin replied at his wife’s reference to him as Dave, the television gardener.
‘Are you trying to compete with old Rufus?’ she asked with a smile before heading back to the house and didn’t hear Kevin say, ‘Heh up, here he comes with the gas men.’
‘Have you been having some trouble, Rufus?’ Kevin asked when his neighbour peered over the hedge after he’d seen the gas van drive away.
‘I wasn’t having any trouble until those two messed up my gas boiler. It was fine, but they told me that there was a problem with the pressure. They offered to fix it for free, so I let them get on with it, but they’ve been back and forth. Anyway, they tell me it’s fixed now, so let’s hope I’ve seen the last of them.’
Kevin asked him if he was sure that they were genuine and not checking out his house for a future burglary.
‘Burglary!’ replied Rufus who was clearly surprised by the suggestion. ‘We don’t have such things in these parts, at least not at present, but with all these outsiders coming in it might change. They seemed genuine enough and showed me their identification cards and you must have seen that they were wearing uniforms.’
Kevin was wondering if Rufus included them as outsiders.
‘I wonder why it only affected your property and how they found out about it if you didn’t report any problems?’ Kevin asked.
Rufus stroked his chin before he replied, ‘I was wondering about that myself and when I asked one of them he told me that it’s all done by computer monitoring. It was the same one who seemed more interested in my computer than fixing the gas
Similar Books
