Kandi followed the directions that the creepy man had given her. Kandi turned the phone on. She pressed and held number one. The phone automatically dialed a number already programmed into it. Kandi noticed that the number didn't appear on the screen.
The phone rang a few times. The call connected. Nobody said anything on the other end.
Kandi detected quiet breathing. "Hello?" she queried.
"You were instructed not to use this phone unless it was an emergency," the voice told her in what she understood as an eerie combination of a robotic monotone and a sneer.
"It is," she replied in a flustered manner. She shuddered. She couldn't believe how disconcerting a disembodied voice could sound. Kandi quickly added, "At least based on what you told me would constitute an emergency."
