Chapter 107

The car then drove out of the house. Odell had irritation all over his face. ‘Why is she going out at night? A date?’ Smack! The binoculars were thrown on the floor. … Meanwhile, inside the car, Sylvia was driving towards the nearby supermarket. She wanted to buy binoculars for herself before the supermarket closed. She used to joke with her kids that if they were driven apart and could not meet, they would use binoculars to locate each other. Being brilliant kids, the two of them must have remembered. Even if they did not, she could still see them with the binoculars. A while later, she went home with her newly purchased binoculars. She stood on the highest spot in the yard and directed her binoculars at the Carters' residence. The two little rascals must have gone to bed because she stood and watched until midnight and still did not see any signs of them. Feeling disappointed, Sylvia put away the binoculars and returned to her bedroom. … The next day, Sylvi