Chapter 17

When he saw how vacated the place was, he realized what Judy had been saying was completely true. Lissa's place was vacated that it looked like a ghost town. Specially during this hour. Fallen leaves were all over the place, and there were bits and pieces of trash everywhere. The place looks like a complete mess.

Even the neighbors are missing. Maybe during this hour, everyone was still at work or was still hanging out with friends. Some parents may be fetching their children at a nearby or faraway day care. Or maybe everyone had some prior plans or schedules to leave all at the same time.

Does that even make sense?

Anthony had been knocking constantly at the door as well, yelling out and calling for Lissa's name, but no one answered. Not even a glimpse. A part of him wants to leave.

He wanted to leave the bag full of ingredients that he bought from a store, and maybe Lissa could just get it by the door. He even thought of the possibility of throwing the plastic away at an open window.