Chapter 207

A loud thump and a crash from next door pulled him out of his spiraling thoughts. He heard a muttered curse and smiled. He had never realized just how thin these walls were before Lisa moved in, but then he’d had no reason to eavesdrop on his neighbors before either. He stepped closer to the common wall, trying to hear more of whatever was going on. He told himself it was just because he wanted to make sure she was okay. It had been a loud thump, after all, maybe she had fallen over and hurt herself. Would she yell out to him if she was injured and couldn’t get up? When he hadn’t heard any more noises for a few moments, he started to fret. Should he go over there and check that she was okay? That was a neighborly thing to do, wasn’t it? Even if it was two o’clock in the morning? And why was she awake at two o’clock in the morning anyway? She said she wrote a blog, but would that keep her up every night? He made a mental note to check out the blog, although he couldn’t remember if she’d