I rarely make it to Columbia, SC on business. I live at the beach and it is a solid 3 1/2 hour ride for me but I was meeting some high level clients of mine that were in Columbia yesterday and were flying out today. So it made sense for me to go meet them today for breakfast and see them off. I figured there was no better time to find a beautiful lady to spend two hours with late morning. I had known about them flying in two weeks ago so I made my appointment two weeks ago as well so it was not a last minute thing to inconvenience anyone.  

I had never met this "provider" before but she is well reviewed and I am in no way hinting she had any role in what I am about to share. I knew I would be finished with breakfast by 10:00 and wanted an 11:00 appointment unfortunately she said the best she could do was 1:00. I didn't know if she had an early appointment or not and frankly it did not matter. My breakfast ended as I suspected and the irony was they were staying at the same hotel as my appointment. I of course did not know this until this morning when I sent my email letting them know that I was definitely going to make the appointment and she in kind sent me the hotel and address only.  

Due to a late night commitment last evening I was unable to make the drive and had to leave at 4:00 am this morning to make sure I would be early for the 8:00 breakfast. I kept laughing on my drive knowing that my clients were leaving and I would be having fun afterwards in the same hotel. I share all of that to simply set the stage for this......

I decided to go to my vehicle after breakfast because you can get wifi in the parking lot. I figured I had 3 hours to burn so I would either take a nap, get some work done on the computer or both. As I am sitting in the parking lot I see three black Dodge Chargers at various places of the parking lot that were clearly Police vehicles and anyone in SC knows that is what most of SC local forces use. I smelled a rat and sat there trying to be invisible. And Yes you guessed it. After about 50 minutes of watching, two officers went inside, two stood outside the entrance and two sat in the third car. About 2-3 minutes later out came someone in cuffs, followed by the beautiful lady I was scheduled to see also in cuffs. I do not know anything more than both went in different vehicles and off they went.  

I am a pretty calm guy but I can tell you the heart was flickering at a very fast pace. I proceeded to exit stage left and make my long trip home feeling mighty fortunate. What to do now is the question? I have a million thoughts and questions going through my mind and most of them not positive ones. I would love to hear some thoughts from both the ladies and gentleman. Call it irony, call it coincidence, call it anything you want but that was my first scheduled visit with a provider in Columbia and believe me there will not be another.

By the way, the hotel was The Hilton at 924 Senate Street right in the heart of Columbia..... Things that make you go HMMMMMMMMMMMMM