chapter 18

A few minutes later…As they both stood in Eric's bathroom and after Lucy did something with the faucet, to Eric's surprise, water was now coming out from his bathroom's faucet.Lucy smiled. "The small net inside the faucet's mouth was blocked with dirt, and in turn, it blocked the water from flowing out."Eric and Frank had nothing to say."So as you see Boss…" she coughed, "there is no ingenious plotting going on here."Eric said, "I see."Frank harrumphed through the other end of the call. "Hmph. You just got lucky today."It has nothing to do with luck, Assistant Frank. It's just logic.Eric asked, "How did you figure it out?"Why is Boss asking me as if I cracked some super tough secret code?"Well, the other houses didn't have water issues otherwise they would have come out, complaining. So, it wasn't a pipeline problem. That meant the problem was specific to your bathroom so normally, there's something wrong with the faucet…"Eric nodded. "You are smart.""..."Lucy sheepishly smiled. "So, I can keep my job, right?""A deal is a deal."Phew!Eric hung up the phone and glanced at her. "You saved my life today.""L-life is going too far, Boss…"But Eric already took a certain booklet from his pocket. He wrote something on it and tore one page.Then he offered it to her. "Your reward."Lucy peeked in and her eyes popped out of her sockets to see him holding a cheque.And It wasn't just a cheque. It was a blank cheque.