My wife and I hold a Christmas party every year at our home. My wife dressed as Mrs. Claus and I dressed as Santa. My buddy Jake and his wife came dressed as Uncle Eddie and Catherine from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation which was spot on. They even drove their RV over to the house and Jake put the house out to the storm drain. The RV was definitely a talking point as people strolled in. There were probably 25 to 30 people inside. We had people playing cards, singing karaoke, and just having a great time.
A couple of hours and a bunch of beers later I had to take a break from playing cards and hit the bathroom. I ran upstairs because I knew it would be empty. As I was taking a leak I thought to myself that I haven't seen my wife in a while. I texted her and thought maybe she had her phone on her. As soon as I hit send I heard her phone ding on the nightstand. I went back downstairs and started looking for Jenn. I asked a few people and nobody had seen her recently. Finally her sister said that Jenn was going to run down to the basement and grab another bottle of liquor from the liquor cabinet.
I walked down the hall towards our basement door. The door has been locked from the inside. I thought Jenn locked it when she came back up. Nobody had seen her in so long I decided to grab the key from the drawer under the microwave. I opened the door and noticed the radio was on downstairs and the dim light over the pool table was on. There was also a smoke haze in the air that smelled of cigars and weed. The liquor cabinet was downstairs to the right behind the bar. The pool table was on the other side of the wall as you walk down the stairs so you cannot see the pool table coming down.