The Curse of 1977 (Book 2)

Chapter 32

"When or if you see your sister, tell her to give us a call!" Mr. Glover said aloud over the phone before hanging up.

Seated on the couch with Isaiah right next to her sucking on a cup, Mrs. Glover asked, "What did Lavonia say?"

Turning around and grunting, Mr. Glover replied, "She said she doesn't know where Lynn is. But then again, she's probably over there with the rest of them getting high and acting like a bunch of fools!"

Mrs. Glover sat and watched with troubled eyes as her long-suffering husband, still adorned in his blue night watchman's uniform, traipsed back and forth across the carpet.

"Maybe we should call the police again," Mrs. Glover wringed her hands."Just like they said yesterday, they're doing everything they can to look for her."

Mr. Glover rubbed his head. "I can't believe she just up and ran off like this!" He yelled.

"Poor Lynnette has always had her unusual ways." Mrs. Glover turned her head.

"Her ways," Mr. Glover stopped pacing. "Wilma, that girl has lost her ever loving mind! I'm sick and tired of these girls of ours acting like they've got no home training!"

"You don't have to raise your voice."

"Like hell I don't!" The man tossed his arms in the air. "You should've heard Lavonia over that phone. It sounded like she's got a party going on over there with all those kids!"

"She tried." Wilma softly uttered.

"Tried at what?" Mr. Glover approached his wife. "Just where did we go wrong with them?"

Without looking him in the eye, Wilma said, "Lynn is a good girl. There's something else going on with her. I saw it when I got her out of jail the other day. She—

"Hold on, when you got her out of what?"

Wilma's eyes immediately connected with her husband's at that instant. In what appeared to be minutes, the two just stared at each other before Mr. Glover turned away and walked over to the mantle.

"What did the girl do?" He sighed.

"It doesn't matter."

"What the hell do you mean it doesn't matter?" He roared while spinning around.

Just then, the lights in the living room all went out. At once, Isaiah began to cry which only caused Mr. Glover to go into a more rage-filled stomp across the floor.

"Shut him up while I go downstairs and look at the fuse box!"

Wilma got up from off the couch and began for one of the front windows. "It's probably another one of these rolling blackouts!" She shouted before opening one of the curtains to look outside. "But everyone else's lights are still on, Julius!"Once Wilma was through looking outside she turned back around to attend to Isaiah who was trying to climb off the couch and onto the floor."Boy, if you don't get up from off that floor." Wilma lightly warned as she scooped the child up and into her arms.

"The darn fuses are all still on." Mr. Glover announced as he came back into the living room. "You said that the rest of the neighborhood was still up and running?"

"They sure are."Mr. Glover, with flashlight in hand, went over to the front window and gawked out into the dark neighborhood.

"It figures ours would be out while everyone else is still enjoying their electricity. Boy, I tell ya, if it ain't one thing it's another."

"Maybe we should call the bus station." Wilma walked around the living room with Isaiah attached to her. "They usually have a lot of people going in and out of there."

at the various houses before he pulled himself away from the

dropped his shoulders. "But if she's down there, then that means she's fixin' to skip town. And

said. "That child's soul is so backwards

front door sidestepped Wilma's every word. Julius nearly dropped his flashlight before he turned and went

as he unlocked the door and opened it to see a tall silhouette with two twinkling eyes standing

outage." A man's deep, foreign sounding voice spoke in the dark

his flashlight into the man's face. "How did you get here so quick," he squared his eyes at the

neighborhood." He answered, "We saw your

the man's smiling, bearded face. "Uh...look, we'll just get in touch with the power

"But we are de power company, sir. The name's Arthur Bushard. And dis here is

the porch steps with her own toolbox in hand. He noticed that both Akoni

we'd be able to service

back behind him at his wife before turning around to face Arthur. "Look, um, why don't you two

"Just let us in, sir." Arthur said, sounding desperate. "De sooner we get

"You certainly do not want your food to go to waste in dis heat, do you?" Akoni

seemed like countless seconds before he stepped aside to allow both

and Akoni looked all around the living room. The very last thing she wanted was to see the two of them inside her house, which was exactly why her grip on Isaiah's waist

"You have a very nice home, sir." Arthur marveled

"Yeah, from what you can see in the dark," Julius bluntly remarked. "The fuse box is down in the basement. Let's see some work

"Yes, sir," Arthur

At once, Akoni, with her toolbox, ventured out of

neighborhood when we were." Arthur stated. "We've been getting all kinds of reports of

"We're used to it by now." Wilma

a witty manner that would have suggested he

is this gonna take?" Julius asked while still shining his flashlight. "It

"Not much longer, sir," Arthur responded. "My sister

your sister?" Julius pointed

for quite some time now," Arthur's smile grew larger. "Our business should not take too

girl looked awfully familiar. Awfully familiar," he

that every time Julius would remove the flashlight's beam away from his face, Arthur's eyes seemed to

long have you and your sister been in this

said. "We came here with

where are you guys from

"Jamaica, sir," Arthur remarked before turning to his left to see the mantle above the fireplace. The man then ventured over and viewed the various frames of family members that layered the mantle."I see you have a very

"Yeah, that's them." Julius shined his

intently as Arthur viewed each and every picture, in the dark no less, until he came across Lynnette's frame. Right there, the man's entire body stood perfectly immobile

calm the child but he just seemed to grow more agitated with

what that girl is doing." Julius said as he began towards the

you go anywhere." Wilma fretfully commanded

a baby are someting very sweet to my ears." Arthur gradually turned around with Lynnette's picture in hand. "I have heard dem many, many times in

Isaiah ceased crying as Arthur placed his toolbox onto the floor. "We have known all along where dis house is." Both his smile and

your sister get

Something from upstairs began to rattle and stir right then. It sounded like someone was moving furniture across the floor.Without a moment's hesitation, Julius charged at the

is

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