A Shaky Call
As I waited in the crowded airport terminal, my phone buzzed—Kelsey again. Her voice, faint and raspy, came through the line. “I don’t have long,” she said. Her words gripped my chest, tight with the weight of unspoken truths she’d only ever hinted at. Was this the moment she would finally reveal them? Amid the chaos of the bustling terminal, her fragile breath carried an urgency far louder than the noise around me. Each passing second felt heavier, the ticking clock pounding in my ears.
A Shaky Call
Unraveling Secrets
Kelsey’s voice trembled, barely rising above the surrounding noise. “There’s more,” she whispered, each word threatening to unravel her. The phone felt heavy in my hand, like a lead weight. My grip tightened as her words sank in, bracing myself for the deluge of truth she was struggling to release. Every syllable hovered on the edge of revelation, her shame woven into the unspoken depths of what she couldn’t yet bring herself to say.
Unraveling Secrets
