He had no idea what was sitting in my cardigan pocket.
After dinner, he settled into his chair in the living room with the television on.
Food & Drink
I washed the dishes.
Ava dried them.
We didn’t speak.
We didn’t need to.
At nine-thirty, I said I was tired and went upstairs.
Daniel said goodnight without looking away from the screen.
I sat on the edge of the bed and took out Chloe’s note.
*I’m scared.
I love you.*
She had been scared.
She had tried to call me.
And I had been sitting at my sister’s table with a glass of wine, and I had not picked up the phone.
I folded the note carefully and placed it inside the lining of my own coat, hanging on the back of the bedroom door.
Communications Equipment
Then I heard it.
Low voices downstairs.
Daniel’s, and then Ava’s.
