“Linda, thank you.” Mike said patting her on the shoulder. “Tell us, please, do you know when the other neighbors will return?”
“Well, I’m not really sure. I guess they’ll be back soon. Perhaps they got hung up somewhere, who knows. They’re all weird.”
“Listen to me carefully. We need you to do one thing for us. Do not, under any circumstances, go into mister Ford’s house, alright? It turned out that the gas leak was at his place. We had to close everything down. Someone will come shortly to fix this, just don’t touch anything and tell the other neighbors. Can you do this?”
“Yes, of course. Can I at least go back to my house?” she asked shyly.
“No problem.” Gabe said and politely showed the way with his hand, signaling her safe passage.
All of a sudden, the loud sound of a V8 engine f
