Busy Bees

Chapter 13 – TGIF...or Not-2

The front door was open allowing me a view into the house as I knocked on the screen door. No one came to the door and I heard no sounds from within the house. I called out for Granger but no one responded. I tried the screen door. It was unlatched. I poked my head in and called out again. There was still no response.

I didn’t suspect any sort of foul play so, not wanting to enter the man’s home uninvited, I decided to see if he might be in the back yard, perhaps firing up the grill to make his lunch or maybe just sitting back there in the sun to eat.

I stepped off the porch and moved along the front of the house to the corner and called out again. Nothing. I walked down along the side toward the back corner of the house. As I approached it, I heard a faint rasping noise that stood out a