Who Can Sleep In The Family Room?
After telling Ashley, she could sleep in her grandmother's sewing room. “Jerry, you and Marlene can sleep in the guest room. Mark can sleep on the sofa in the family room, you’ve slept there before,” Andrew said, for a second, his mind wandered to happier times with Margaret and the family enjoying sleepovers.
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Going over to the window, looking out into the darkness with tears pouring down his face, noticing him, Ashley, went over and put her arm around her Grandfather, “Grandma will be fine. I’ll make up my bed and the sofa for Mark. I’m tired, and I have school tomorrow. Mom should have been back already, I’m not waiting up for her,” Ashley said.
“Thanks, Honey,” he said, wringing his hands. “You can sleep in your grandma’s PJ’s. You …show more content…
After showering and dressing, Marlene went downstairs. “Why didn’t you wake me?” She asked, going into the kitchen where Jerry and Andrew were sitting at the kitchen table drinking their coffee and talking.
“You were sleeping soundly, and I didn't want to disturb you."
“Have you heard anything about Margaret?” She asked, pouring a cup of coffee.
After telling her about the phone call, Jerry said, “Here look at the paper, people in town are going nuts.”
“Read this,” Jerry said, pointing to an article about a man found murdered and thrown over an embankment on the highway.
Reading the article, Marlene asked, “Have you read this?”
“Not all of it, I looked to see if Margaret’s name was on it,” Andrew said and asked, “What does it say?”
Marlene said, “On Friday afternoon a motorist and his dog going southbound on the highway got a flat, and pulled to the side of the road. Since the dog had been in the car for several hours, he let him out for a short run. After, changing the tire, he found the dog several feet from the highway he noticed a body under some trees, and called the Highway …show more content…
“Oh, my God, Jerry, do you think they had something to do with Mom’s death?” Marlene asked.
“Probably not, since they murdered Katherine and left her body at home. Dad, we can’t give up at this point, we must believe Mom is okay, and they’ll find her soon,” Jerry said, trying to encourage his father.
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Although Jerry hesitated to go to work, leaving Marlene alone, he knew it was best that he went to work. After asking Marlene to call him, if the kidnappers called, he left. Shortly afterward Andrew drove out of the garage, arriving at the drug store, and found Sylvia and Gayle anxiously waiting to hear his version of the story. “Boss, are you okay?” Sylvia asked.
“How did you hear about it?” He asked.
“It is on every TV channel and radio station in town,” Gayle said, before she asked, “What did you do about the bullet hole in the ceiling? I would be afraid to stay in the house. You never know when they might return.”
“I’m not afraid they’ll come back, but if they do, they’ll get a surprise. I have a loaded gun, waiting.
Right now, we need to get some prescriptions filled before our customers start coming through that door,” he said, putting on his white jacket ready to go to
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Going over to the window, looking out into the darkness with tears pouring down his face, noticing him, Ashley, went over and put her arm around her Grandfather, “Grandma will be fine. I’ll make up my bed and the sofa for Mark. I’m tired, and I have school tomorrow. Mom should have been back already, I’m not waiting up for her,” Ashley said.
“Thanks, Honey,” he said, wringing his hands. “You can sleep in your grandma’s PJ’s. You …show more content…
After showering and dressing, Marlene went downstairs. “Why didn’t you wake me?” She asked, going into the kitchen where Jerry and Andrew were sitting at the kitchen table drinking their coffee and talking.
“You were sleeping soundly, and I didn't want to disturb you."
“Have you heard anything about Margaret?” She asked, pouring a cup of coffee.
After telling her about the phone call, Jerry said, “Here look at the paper, people in town are going nuts.”
“Read this,” Jerry said, pointing to an article about a man found murdered and thrown over an embankment on the highway.
Reading the article, Marlene asked, “Have you read this?”
“Not all of it, I looked to see if Margaret’s name was on it,” Andrew said and asked, “What does it say?”
Marlene said, “On Friday afternoon a motorist and his dog going southbound on the highway got a flat, and pulled to the side of the road. Since the dog had been in the car for several hours, he let him out for a short run. After, changing the tire, he found the dog several feet from the highway he noticed a body under some trees, and called the Highway …show more content…
“Oh, my God, Jerry, do you think they had something to do with Mom’s death?” Marlene asked.
“Probably not, since they murdered Katherine and left her body at home. Dad, we can’t give up at this point, we must believe Mom is okay, and they’ll find her soon,” Jerry said, trying to encourage his father.
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Although Jerry hesitated to go to work, leaving Marlene alone, he knew it was best that he went to work. After asking Marlene to call him, if the kidnappers called, he left. Shortly afterward Andrew drove out of the garage, arriving at the drug store, and found Sylvia and Gayle anxiously waiting to hear his version of the story. “Boss, are you okay?” Sylvia asked.
“How did you hear about it?” He asked.
“It is on every TV channel and radio station in town,” Gayle said, before she asked, “What did you do about the bullet hole in the ceiling? I would be afraid to stay in the house. You never know when they might return.”
“I’m not afraid they’ll come back, but if they do, they’ll get a surprise. I have a loaded gun, waiting.
Right now, we need to get some prescriptions filled before our customers start coming through that door,” he said, putting on his white jacket ready to go to