D.J. MacHale

I hurried up the driveway and rang the doorbell. Nobody answered so I knocked. Hard. If somebody was inside, they would have heard.
" They're probably at work", Kent said. "Or maybe they're weekend people."
"Or maybe they're just hiding in the basement because, oh, I don't know, there was just a huge battle raging off shore."
'Oh that," Kent said soberly.