I heard a noise in the middle of the night. I woke up and not my wife because I'm the lighter sleeper. Laura could sleep through anything. But once I'm awake, I hear noises all through the house and can't get back to sleep until I know everything is all right.

It was probably just Alyssa, our eighteen-year-old daughter. She was suppose to be home hours ago, but if she had arrived on time, she hadn't woken me up. That meant she probably had come home very late.