I was, a while ago, lounging in my bathtub, half asleep, reading a detective novel, sipping tea, and trying not to drop the book into the water, when CRASH! BANG! SMASH! outside.
What the? I could hear voices, but not what was being said.
"Call the police!" I think. It takes me a while to get out, shrug on some clothes, and step out the back door... Blue flashing lights..... Fire crews. Three houses down. I go round to the front, find a cluster of neighbours, five fire engines, two ambulances, two rapid-response paramedic cars, a couple of unmarked but blue light-strobing police cars.
Firemen, suited up, masked, coming out of the house yelling "Clear!".
Then the fire investigation team, more police....
The house in question is occupied by a group of teenagers. Nobody knows much about them, but it seems nobody was in.
Lots of flashing lights, curious bystanders, stink of burning plastics, I go back in, nothing to see here folks, move along.
My bath's gone cold.
And the book's underwater.
Baths are made for reading books, but I tend to read on when noises outside happen. As you see it ruins books otherwise!
ReplyDeleteI was, truth be told, worried that whatever was going on might get my car damaged. I'm not always altruistic.
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