A Holiday Job

'Bye!'

Paul stirred briefly in bed as his twin, Anne, called out as she dashed from their holiday apartment. Paul glanced at his watch; it would be a rush but she should make it to the airport in time for her flight back to England.

They had been on holiday at a popular Mediterranean resort for a week. Anne had to return for her job was starting, but jobless Paul was staying for another week. As he lay there Paul reflected on his sister's frantic rushing that morning, since they had both overslept badly.

'I wonder what she will have forgotten?' he mused as he fell into a deep sleep. So deep that he didn't notice the phone when it rang a few minutes later, nor the second and third times it rang.

At the airport Anne cursed her sleepyhead brother and put down the phone. There was no time for her to ring again; she now had some things to do before the flight.

By the time Paul woke, Anne was waiting for a train back in England, thanking her lucky stars that the customs staff had not been too efficient!

Paul final woke and wandered about the flat. On the table was his sister's bum bag. Paul saw it and laughed. 'I knew she'd forget something!' A thought struck him. He opened the bag. Inside were his sister's passport and a few pounds sterling. That was odd. How had she caught the plane he wondered?

Unconcerned for the moment he went to fetch some clothes from his case. 'Wrong case again!' he thought as he opened it to find bras, panties and dresses. This had happened so many times in the small apartment he just shut it and looked for his case.

His case? His bum bag? Anne had a case and a bum bag when she left, but her stuff was still in the apartment. The penny dropped. 'She's got all my stuff!' he exclaimed out loud.

A search of the apartment showed that this was true. In her haste (and in the dark, since Paul had complained when she had tried to turn on the light) she must have taken the wrong bags. Instead of his clothes, his passport and a weeks spending money all Paul was left with was his sister's clothes and passport and no local currency! He also had a sick feeling in his stomach.