Stumbling In The Dark

The phone rang. The lights went out. Penelope woke suddenly from her nap fumbling for her phone. It rang again. More urgently.

Where was it? In the gloom she stumbled towards her handbag and grabbed it. The ring was louder. She put it to her ear.
“Hello. Hello.....Hel-lo”
The phone went dead.

She heard noises at the front door. Could it have been the door bell she had heard?
Not sure, she opened the door.
“I thought you weren’t coming home until tomorrow night.”

They barged past her.
When they’d gone, she realised her grandfather’s gold watch was missing.