Chapter 14: Hell of a NightSitting in total darkness, the laughter ceases and the moment becomes serious:
Magnum says, “The breaker must have popped.”
Willa, positioned somewhere in the room, probably closer to the sofa than not, adds, “I hear a sizzling sound and smell smoke.”
“Me too,” Sandy agrees.
Somewhere beneath the first floor, Jake’s hollow voice calls out, “Hey, what’s going on up there? What happened to the lights?”
Willa says, “I’ll find my way through the dark and tell Jake from the top of the basement stairs to check the breaker box. He can use his lighter to see the switches.”
“The pot king saves the day,” Bobo says from somewhere on the floor, near Sandy’s feet.
“Stop, Bobo, that’s my baby boy,” Pam says in her drunken state, always protecting her youngest child like
