The Family Across the Street by Nicole Trope

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Gladys

Gladys has no idea what to do. She is at a tennis match, her head swivelling from her house to Katherine’s house, her ears listening for any sound. Sweat soaks through her shirt. The heat is heavy and thick in her lungs and still the police don’t come. ‘Please, God,’ she prays aloud. What is happening inside that house? Is Logan inside already? Should she go around the back and check? She has no idea what to do and she feels like screaming in frustration herself. And still, the police don’t come.