MRS THOMPSON NOTICED the cars crowded in front of the Dobbs’ house. After what happened the night before, she was more than curious.
She went outside with a determination that she didn’t usually feel, and headed directly to DS James who was speaking to a man dressed in a brown jacket. She’d already seen James the night before when he talked to them and she felt confident in approaching him.
“Do you mind, sir? What’s happened now?” she asked him.
“You’d better go inside, ma’am,” James replied and turned her towards her own house. “We’ll stop by your house later and we’ll explain everything then.”
Alice Thompson didn’t want to leave, but she couldn’t find an excuse or something smart to say so that she could stay there and find out what was going on. As usual, she obeyed because she didn
