Seeing him go into the bathroom, she quickly took out his phone. It was protected by a passcode. A clever idea struck her, and she entered the six digits 818818. Sure enough, it unlocked.
However, the call was from an international number.
She was careful enough to quietly memorize the phone number before putting the phone back where she found it.
When he came out, she lay there and continued to act cute. "Honey, I'm so hungry. Can you bring me something to eat?"
Herman Hawthorne dried his hair. "Okay. Let me get dressed first."
After he went downstairs, Zoe Ellsworth took out her own phone. She set her caller ID to appear as a non-existent number so that even if the other party tried to call back, it would register as a dead line.
Then, she used an app to modulate her voice to sound like a man's. When she spoke, the person on the other end would hear a male voice.
The ringtone played for a moment before a gentle female voice came through. "Hello?"
