The Dark Horde
“Mary hung up the phone, frowning in thought.
Where was her son, Henry? She’d tried to call him all weekend and today, but there was no answer. It was unlike him to be away from home for so long without telling her. I hope something hasn’t happened.
But maybe he had just been out with some of his friends from the Melbourne Poetical Society, or maybe he’d finally found himself a regular job or maybe he’d gone camping... But maybe he’d started sleepwalking again.
There was only one way to put her ...mind at rest and that was to go to his flat in Fitzroy North and see if he was there. Even if he wasn’t there, she might have more idea of what was going on.
She poured dry food into the cat’s bowl, checked that the house was in order and gathered her handbag and keys. As she moved to the front door, Winston meandered into the lounge meowing.
“I’ll be back soon, Winston,” she said as if the cat could understand.
She locked the front door as her husband Peter was away in Sydney at a sales conference and headed out to the car in the fading light.MoreLess
Where was her son, Henry? She’d tried to call him all weekend and today, but there was no answer. It was unlike him to be away from home for so long without telling her. I hope something hasn’t happened.
But maybe he had just been out with some of his friends from the Melbourne Poetical Society, or maybe he’d finally found himself a regular job or maybe he’d gone camping... But maybe he’d started sleepwalking again.
There was only one way to put her ...mind at rest and that was to go to his flat in Fitzroy North and see if he was there. Even if he wasn’t there, she might have more idea of what was going on.
She poured dry food into the cat’s bowl, checked that the house was in order and gathered her handbag and keys. As she moved to the front door, Winston meandered into the lounge meowing.
“I’ll be back soon, Winston,” she said as if the cat could understand.
She locked the front door as her husband Peter was away in Sydney at a sales conference and headed out to the car in the fading light.MoreLess
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