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."

Julius continued to stare out at the various houses before

shoulders. "But if she's down there, then that means she's fixin' to skip town. And just why would she want

knows." Wilma said. "That child's soul is so backwards

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

and opened it to see a tall silhouette with two

evening, sir, we heard you had a power outage." A man's deep, foreign sounding voice spoke in the dark of

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

already in de neighborhood." He answered, "We

his flashlight tuned to the man's smiling, bearded face. "Uh...look, we'll just get in touch

de power company, sir. The name's Arthur

shined his light on Akoni who was walking up the porch steps with her own toolbox in hand. He

to service you better, sir." Arthur

back behind him at his wife before turning around to face Arthur. "Look,

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

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

Julius hesitated for what seemed like countless seconds before he stepped aside

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 increased with every passing minute. Just

a very nice home, sir." Arthur

"Yeah, from what you can see in the dark," Julius bluntly remarked. "The fuse box is down in

sir," Arthur

once, Akoni, with her toolbox, ventured out of the living room and towards the kitchen, leaving everyone else

are quite fortunate dat we were in de neighborhood when we were." Arthur stated. "We've been getting all kinds of

"We're used to it

woman in a witty manner

while still shining his flashlight. "It just seems

"Not much longer, sir," Arthur responded. "My sister is very efficient

is your sister?"

some time now," Arthur's

girl looked awfully familiar.

Wilma could not take her eyes off of Arthur. She noticed that every time Julius would remove the flashlight's beam away from his face, Arthur's eyes seemed to possess

and your sister been in

said. "We came here with our brother as well, but he moved on to other

So where

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

Julius shined his light on the

viewed each and every picture, in the dark no less, until he came across Lynnette's

Isaiah began to cry. Wilma tried to calm the child but he just seemed to grow more agitated with

"I'm gonna go see what that girl is doing." Julius said as

"No, don't you go anywhere." Wilma fretfully

someting very sweet to my ears." Arthur gradually turned around with Lynnette's picture in

the floor. "We have known all along where dis house is." Both his smile and voice shrank. "But, we

and your sister get the hell outta here!"

and stir right then. It sounded like someone was moving furniture across the floor.Without a moment's hesitation,

"Who the hell is that up there?" He angrily

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