The bungalow opposite mine is being rented out. The tennants are a pleasant young couple, when I say young I mean mid twenties or thereabouts. The majority of the neighbours are elderly and it's lights out at about 21.00 in most of the surrounding properties, generally a very quiet neighbourhood.
I look at the clock, it's 02.23 a car has stopped opposite, the engine dies along with the strains of 'um-ber-rella, ella, ella, eh, eh eh'. Here we go,... a car door opens and is banged shut, then another, but hang on the bang wasn't very loud, I hear it open again and yes, this time there's a definite bang! There's a pause of about 5 seconds and I hear a car door opening (again) and it is banged shut almost at once, then amazingly another door sounds like it's being opened and I'm trying desperately to determine how I can have failed to spot this limo of my neighbour's when a loud bang confirms that it too has been shut. I'm wondering if they have guests staying, but would they be shutting the door in their faces? I'm tempted to get up and look out but its all been done before and it is only ever the two of them, anyway I don't want to be known for 'twitching curtains', there are enough of those round here without me joining them.
OMG, I can hear the door being opened again, or no, sounds more like the boot; I find myself counting "0ne thousand, two thousand, three thousand...." BANG! I'm holding my breath now because I'm longing to hear the beep of the central locking and that will mean peace for the rest of the night, if I miss this crucial sound I know I shan't rest properly......just in case..
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