Late Night Caller

50-words about silence

Heather woke to a half-empty bed. In the silence after the furnace clicked off, she heard her husband whispering.

Heather stopped breathing to listen. A woman’s voice slid through Bill’s cellphone. The words indistinct, the frustration clear.

Bill: “She came home early.”

Heather called out, “Bill, who’s that?”

Silence.