Chapter 384

• The security guard takes charge
• “Damn” I thought to myself “just what I don’t need in this job. Something to actually happen.” I had taken a second job as a security guard to earn some extra money. When my ex-girlfriend and I broke up a few months ago, she had moved out immediately, leaving my name on the lease of our rented house. I was trying to keep things going until the lease ran out at the end of the year.
• I had been doing this job a little over a month, usually 3 or 4 nights a week of the overnight shift-11 P.M. until 7 A.M. After finishing my shift I would go to my real job except if I worked Saturday night as I would always be off Sunday. This particular Saturday I was making my rounds in the company car around the perimeter of the property. It was a plant which had recently closed when they shipped the jobs overseas to China. The company was trying to sell the property, but due to the real estate crash wasn’t having much luck. Therefore they had to maintain security on the property. It was an easy job usually. Once an hour you would drive around to make sure the gates and doors were locked and that nothing suspicious was taking place. Since all the buildings were locked with external padlocks it was as easy to check them by just flashing a beam of light on them. When not patrolling you would be inside the guard building that dated from the early days of the plant. It had a small, cramped office, a tiny bathroom and a tiny locker room. It was situated just past the main gate which was locked.