When I got home, my neighbor confronted me: “Your house gets so loud during the day!” “That’s not possible,” I replied. “Nobody should be inside.” But she insisted, “I heard a man shouting.” The next day, I pretended to leave for work and hid under my bed. Hours passed—then a voice entered my bedroom, and I froze…
That Wednesday afternoon, I came home to find my neighbor, Mrs. Halvorsen, standing on her porch with crossed arms and an unusually annoyed look. “Your house is so loud during the day, Marcus,” she said. “Someone is shouting in there.” For illustration purposes only “That’s impossible,” I said, balancing my grocery bags. “I live alone. … Read more