Memoirs of a Rideshare Driver: Mansion on a Hill

Episode 28 in a series of true rideshare stories

As I pull up the long driveway at 2:00 AM, I have the thought that it's a house where the bad guy would live in a Keanu Reeves movie, sitting on a hillside with white columns and giant double doors. I put the car in park and wait for the passenger.

It's a tall man, toned and well dressed, who comes out of the house. He has an icy expression on his face as he knocks on my window rather than open the door to get in. I roll it down.

"Are you the rideshare driver?" he asks.

I nod.

"I need you to leave."

I'm a little taken aback by both his tone and his word choice, a little more stern, more forceful than seem needed. I would think nothing of “I need to cancel” or “We had a change of plans” but there is something vaguely sinister about “I need you to leave.” Especially after what happens next.

“Here,” he says, and he passes a crisp hundred-dollar bill through the open window before waving me away and going back inside.

I drive on, forever to wonder what evil lurks behind those double doors, and whether Keanu Reeves is on his way to help.

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Memoirs of a Rideshare Driver is a series that tells true stories of my 10,000+ trips as a rideshare driver. I will post them every Monday.