Theo crosses the garden quickly, though not as fast as he would like. His initial thought of a thief is growing into something closer to genuine concern, because the light is not disappearing. It is still there.
And then, just as Theo reaches the main house's garden, it goes out.
Where did it go? Why did it go out?
He picks up his pace, eyes scanning continuously, half expecting someone to come running out of the house.
No one appears.
Theo keeps moving. When he reaches the back patio, he tries the door.
It is open.
He slips inside and moves carefully, suddenly aware of a fact he had not considered before. He has never been inside the main house. He is, in the most literal sense, completely blind in here.
He stops and lets his eyes adjust as best they can.
A vast kitchen, equipped with every piece of cookware he recognizes and several he does not.
Theo moves around the perimeter of the kitchen, looking for a way through to the next room. He never gets there.
