Just Supposed to Know



~Hamlet~

Carl returned to his old but new job this week.  On Thursday he called my office and I was unable to come to the phone.  But he left a message asking me to call him back, and said that there had been an incident at work, but he was okay.  Of course since 'worry' is my middle name, I was worried.  The problem with calling him back was that he hadn't given me his new work number.  Carl and I don't work to far from one another and just as a coincidence I noticed a helicopter overhead in his direction--which didn't help.  I did know that he wouldn't answer his cell phone because he's not allowed to bring it into the office--that didn't help either.  Carl finally called me about an hour later and told me what happened; two suspicious packages found in an unmarked, unattended van on the outside gate of the building where he works--Police and trucks everywhere....He asked why I didn't call him back.  I told him it was because I didn't have his office phone number.  Carl said it was the same number he'd always had (before he left on his 'year long assignment.')  Now I ask, how was I supposed to know that he would return to the same desk and have the same phone number?  I guess there are some things I'm just supposed to know...

~Toby~