The Caller - Part 1: 'You were going to tell me how wet you are.'

In my line of work my phone is ringing constantly. It's my most important business tool, and so I don't spend much thought about when or where to answer it - it's a natural reflex. So when one day, I was out early to prepare a house for a potentially interested couple, I got a call from an undisclosed number, I wasn't very surprised by it; it happens all the time.


'Hi,' said a female voice on the other end of the line. 'So, where were we?'


'Hi,' I replied, pausing for a moment to think who it might be that called. Did I forget an appointment? Was there a conversation that got interrupted?


Before I could say anything else, the voice continued: 'Ah right. You were going to tell me how wet you are.'