It was midnight. My husband covered it with a towel, and we went to sleep. At 2 a.m., the door burst open. The Airbnb owner stormed in, furious, screaming, \u201cYou idiots, this is a\u2026<\/p>\n
My husband and I sat up in bed, blinking like deer caught in headlights. The owner, a man in his late fifties with graying hair and a Hawaiian-print shirt that looked wildly out of place given the situation, stood in the doorway, panting. His eyes darted between us and the towel-covered device.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you have any idea what you\u2019ve done?!\u201d he continued, his voice a mix of panic and exhaustion.<\/p>\n
I looked at my husband, who was still processing everything. \u201cWait, what?\u201d I managed to say.<\/p>\n
The owner groaned and marched over to the wall. He yanked the towel off, revealing\u2026 well, not a camera. Instead, it was a round, white fire alarm with a small blinking light.
\n\u201cThis is not some spy camera!\u201d he hissed. \u201cIt\u2019s a smoke detector! A legal requirement for rental properties! You covered it, and the system automatically alerted me to a malfunction.\u201d
\nI opened my mouth, then closed it. Then opened it again. \u201cOkay, but\u2014\u201d I started.
\n\u201cBut what?\u201d the owner snapped. \u201cYou thought I was watching you sleep? Why would I want to do that?!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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