“One ring. Two rings. I had no idea if the intruder was still inside. Three rings."Hello?""Nick, is everything okay?"He laughed. "Kind of depends on your definition of okay, doesn't it, Mom?"Was this a hint of a problem? "What do you mean?""Well, the Grandmas are accusing each other of plotting the world's destruction, as usual. Mephisto and Catherine the Great are circling each other like two cocks about to spar, as usual. And Ralph is squawking play-by-play, as usual. So I guess nothing's real...ly okay, but it's pretty much normal for here, right?""Right""Where are you?" he asked."In the driveway.""Huh?" "I'll explain in a minute." After placing a call to the Westfield police, I shut off the engine and headed for the back door.As much as I had hoped the broken window was the result of a stray baseball, the evidence proved otherwise. Someone had definitely broken into my house. Again. Large, muddy footprints led from the top of the washing machine, which sat directly under the cellar window, across the laundry room, through the basement, and up the stairs.Of course neither the boys nor their grandmothers had noticed-let alone cleaned up-the dirt that was tracked across the kitchen floor and ground into the dining room and living room carpets."Anything missing?" asked Fogarty when he and Harley arrived five minutes later."Not that I can see," I said.Unlike the previous break-in, the house hadn't been trashed.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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