As Kody was walking towards his house, a sudden sound caught his attention. It came from the Anderson’s house, which was right across the street from his house. He knew Karen, a girl from school, and he also realized that her parents were very strict. It seemed like Karen’s parents were shouting at each other. Kody stood there, frozen on the sidewalk while standing right in front of his own house, staring at the house across the street. His x-ray vision and telescopic vision kicked in, while his super-hearing allowed him to hear everything that was being said behind the walls of the house, over one-hundred feet away from where he was standing.
“How come you didn’t pay for her school supplies?” Jack shouted and MaryAnn, who was Karen’s mother. “Do I have to come home from work just to get handed a bill from my daughter’s school for over forty Dollars?”
“I used the money to buy her cheerleading uniform!” MaryAnn shouted back. “For God’s sake, Jack! Let the child enjoy her time in middle school, will you?”
“She’s going to school to get an education, and not to wear a skimpy uniform just to dance around a bunch of football players! I forbid it! I want you to get that money back, and to pay for her school supplies, do you hear me?” Jack shouted, as he tore the bill in half.
“Mom! Dad! Stop it! STOP!” Karen begged them to the point of tears. “Just stop! I can’t take this anymore! I hate it when you two fight over me!”
Karen turned around and ran into her bedroom, slamming the door shut behind her. Then she jumped on her bed, face-down and clung to her pillow while she covered her pillow case with her tears.
Meanwhile, Kody stood outside, and he witnessed the entire spectacle from a distance, thanks to his strange, emerging powers, which he couldn’t yet explain or control. Just at that moment, Kody’s mother, Pam, pulled into the driveway with her car. Right away, she spotted Kody standing on the sidewalk, while he was staring at the house across the street. She parked the car and walked up to her son.
“Kody? Kody?” she asked him. For a moment, it seemed as if the boy was in some sort of trance, for he didn’t respond. He stood there, with his mouth open wide, and his eyes fixed on the house across the street, in a cold stare.
“KODY!” Pam shouted, as she got closer. “What’s the matter, son? What are you looking at?”
Kody was startled by his mother’s voice, and he turned to face her right away.
“I-I’m sorry mom… I was looking at something… Poor Karen…” Kody said calmly.
“Why are you staring at Karen’s house?” Pam asked him.
“Karen’s mom and dad were having another fight. I feel so sorry for her…” Kody said sadly, as he bowed his head.
“Kody?” Pam asked the boy calmly. “H-How do you know that Jack and MaryAnn were having a fight?”
“I saw it, mom…” he whispered. “And I heard it… I heard every word of it… It was ugly! I-I don’t want to talk about it… Can we go inside now?”
Pam embraced Kody and hugged him. She didn’t understand what he was talking about, or how he was able to see and hear things from such a distance, but she realized she needed to comfort him. Kody was obviously feeling upset, and she tried to make him feel better.
“Come on, let’s go inside, okay?” she said calmly.
Then, Pam and Kody walked inside through the garage door. Pam made sure she closed the garage door behind her, so that Kody wouldn’t see or hear anything from the Anderson’s house across the street. Little did she know that Kody would start picking up sights and sounds from much farther away now, than the Anderson’s house…?
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