As the wheels to the plane touched down, Fred O'Connor reached up to the over
head bin and hauled down his one carry on piece of luggage. "Home a day early," he
thought to himself, "boy will Sylvia be surprised to see him!" He grabbed a hack in front
of the terminal and gave the driver his address in Northbrook, an upper middle class
suburb twenty miles north of Chicago's loop. It had been a grueling trip, four cities in
three days, and it felt good to be home! The cab stopped in front of his split level, and
Fred was in such a good mood he tipped the driver and extra tenner!!! He couldn't wait
to get inside and give Sylvia the good news about his trip, big sales to two of his regular
customers, and a pretty nice one to a guy he had been working on for over a year! As he
strode up the walk to his front door, he was a little bit puzzled that the house was dark, it
was only ten p.m., and both cars were in the garage, so she must be at home.
