The Sixes
“The Sixes. They’ve been here, they left the apples.
She spun around, almost knocking over one of the kitchen chairs.
How had they gotten in? Her eye shot to the kitchen door with the window on the upper half. Each week she left the key for the cleaning lady under a flowerpot on the back stoop. Maybe they’d been watching the house and seen Margaret retrieve it.
Phoebe couldn’t believe they’d had the nerve to sneak into her house.
She flipped on the stoop light, opened the back do...or, and stepped outside. Peering into the twilight, she wondered if someone might be out there, watching her. She quickly turned over the flowerpot and grabbed the key still beneath it. Phoebe stepped back inside and turned the lock on the door. She also slipped on the chain lock. Next she checked the front door. Still locked. She did a quick circle through the rooms, making sure nothing was disturbed, and then tentatively mounted the stairs.MoreLess
She spun around, almost knocking over one of the kitchen chairs.
How had they gotten in? Her eye shot to the kitchen door with the window on the upper half. Each week she left the key for the cleaning lady under a flowerpot on the back stoop. Maybe they’d been watching the house and seen Margaret retrieve it.
Phoebe couldn’t believe they’d had the nerve to sneak into her house.
She flipped on the stoop light, opened the back do...or, and stepped outside. Peering into the twilight, she wondered if someone might be out there, watching her. She quickly turned over the flowerpot and grabbed the key still beneath it. Phoebe stepped back inside and turned the lock on the door. She also slipped on the chain lock. Next she checked the front door. Still locked. She did a quick circle through the rooms, making sure nothing was disturbed, and then tentatively mounted the stairs.MoreLess
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