Take her invitation

You need somewhere to spend the night, and here is your chance. Why not tae it after all, you are going to sleep somewhere. This way not only you will have shelter but you will also have company of a friendly person, whom you wanted to befriend as son as you can. Jane Blacksmith is the first person you want to convince that you are a time traveler and by spending some time with her you can.

“That would be absolutely fantastic” you say excitedly. “Just great. Thanks for such an offer”.

“You don’t have to say all that. Anyway how come you have nowhere to live?” she asks

“It’s very complicated and long. I ill explain it to you some other time” you reply

“We have a lot of time, why don’t you just explain it?”

“You wont believe me no matter how many times I tell you. I have to tell you it in the right way.” You say.

“I won’t ask if you don’t want to tell” she says

“I want to tell its just that no one will believe me. I will tell you later”

“My house is…” She started to say but you cut in.

“Around the corner” you finish.

“How did you know?” she asks suspiciously

You now regret what you just said. She might think you are stacking her if you don’t answer soon. “I am going to explain it all to you later. To tell you the truth I was trying to find you.”

“Really? Why?” she asked

“I’ll tell you later.”

“I guess I can’t ask you a question now, can I?”

“You guessed correctly”

After this you two walk quietly to Jane’s house. You enter her dark house and wonder how long it has been so lonely for. Inside she turns on the lights and a gloomy atmosphere hits your senses. Though the place is organized it obviously hasn’t been used in a while. Dust covers the furniture and hovers in the air, which you breathe in as you inhale and making you cough.

Jane says “I haven’t been in here for weeks so all this dust coated this place”

“What do you mean? Where were you living then?” you ask

“Claire’s place. My parents have gone for over a month now” she tells you

“Why”

“My aunt has just given birth. My parents decided to visit her. They went for a months because she lives in Australia, when they visit her they spend a lot of time.”

“So it is just you.” You say

“Not really. My room shouldn’t be dusty since I visit it every day”

“Didn’t you say you didn’t come to your lately?” you ask

“My room is in the basement. There is another entrance for the basement and I use it so it shouldn’t be dusty. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have to wipe the dust” she adds “Follow me”.

She leads you to a door. You open it to find a small store with a door on the opposite wall.

“That leads to the basement?” you ask pointing towards the door. You never knew she had a basement

“No it leads to the garage.” She replies

“So why did you lead me into this room?”

“Look over there” she points towards the wall on your left side. There is a rack of shoes standing beside it. You move it to the side and after looking at the wall for about a minute. Then it hits you; how could you be so stupid.

“A wall… concealing a secret entrance” you say. You knock on the wall “there are stairs behind this door.”

“You knew that didn’t you?” she asks knowingly.

“In fact I had no idea” you say and that is true. You never saw any entrances to the basement in the HEP.

She walks over to the door. Jane slides her hand across the wall. When her hand passes over a certain part of the wall it stops. She pulls something, which turns out to be a thread. Instantly you hear a click indicating a door unlocking. She now pulls on the thread sideways and the wall slides revealing a staircase.

“Why do you have a secret entrance to the basement?” you ask

“Actually there is another entrance. My dad got the basement built into two sections. This leads to a room which is not connected with the rest of the basement. If there is an emergency we can hide in this room. My dad thinks terrorists are going to invade our house” she says.

“Who knows, maybe I am one” You say jokingly.

You two go downstairs and you enter a large room. It appears to be a studio. On one of the walls there is a complete kitchen, including a microwave and an oven. In one corner
There is a sofa and a TV. In another corner there is a phone. In the last corner there is a door which you guess leads to the washroom.

“The room is completely soundproof. The air is circulated; the phone is not connected to the rest of the house and no smell in here can get into the house so if we cook something or watch TV no one will know. Pretty cool huh?”

“Amazing” you say. If what a she says is true than you can hide here if you are in trouble.

“Look I need to take a shower. You can watch the TV or grab something to eat from the refrigerator”

She goes through the door. You notice you don’t hear the door lock. Soon you realize you need to use the toilet. You go over to the door and knock on it.

“Jane I need to use the toilet.” You say.

“Come on in then” she replies. You are completely stunned. You don’t know what to do.