She says, "Mr. Willingham, I hope this is the right one, the right Brad Willingham. Your the only one I could find a number for. This is Donna at Vintage Antiques in Tomball. A man named Brad Willingham purchased an item here a few weeks ago with a Visa and it only cleared for $4.28. The total purchase was for $80 so there is a balance of $75.72. I hope you will call and settle the rest." .
So I call her, ask what and where the store is. She tells me. I tell her I've never been there. Haven't been in Tomball for a couple of months that I can remember. Me "Maybe my wife...". Her, "No, it was a man." I apologized and she said no reason to. Then I said I was sorry. She said it was some sort of gift card or something with only $4.28 on it. I thought maybe the AT&T gift card I got for signing up for Uverse was found after I threw it away. But it had no money at all left on it.
Then it hit me. I know of another Brad Willingham. So I told her. It was the ex-husband of a friends niece. He's a real loser. They got divorced several years ago. (I know this because my friend and I were driving somewhere recently and I commented about her FB friend with my last name and she told me the story and I thought it a coincidence that he had the same name as me). So I told Donna I'd call my friend and see if I could get this other Brad Willingham's phone number.
So I called my friend but she told me she thinks he lives in Louisiana. Oh! Well maybe he was in town recently? She said she'd check. Anyway, she texts me about 15 minutes later..."He's in Tomball. I'll get the number for you but don't say where you got it."
There are only 115 Willingham's registered to vote in Harris County, a county with a population of 4.25 million people. I'm the only Brad of the 115. What are the odds that not only do I know of another Brad Willingham whom I've never met, but know people in his circle enough that I can track down his phone number?
