Before she could say another word, her phone rang loudly in her purse.

She glanced down at the caller ID on the screen, went completely pale, and hurried outside into the parking lot without another word.

I never even got her name.

We went home with our basic groceries, and I truly thought that was the end of the entire strange encounter.

I was completely wrong.

At seven fifteen the next morning, someone pounded heavily on my front door.

A shiny black SUV was idling right at the curb, and a tall man in a dark tailored suit stood on my small porch holding a thick brown envelope.