Hudson got home that evening as he came down from his car and walked straight to his door, opened it and walked inside.
"Clerk?" He shouted her name expecting her to answer him but he got no response. Where could she be? He thought as he walked towards her room.
Because he actually expected to see her in the sitting room or perhaps she could have welcomed him since she heard the siren of his car. But no, she was nowhere to be found. She wasn't in her room either.
Maybe she went out to buy something! HE had thought as he dialed her number. But she didn't pick up...