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2024-10-29 19:42:56Helen’s phone vibrated, then rang on her bed, and she hurried to pick it up. Out of the kitchen. John’s voice quavered, trembled, and stuttered in her ear. Bewildered, she paused, listening. Silence creeps like the stillness at night. Just for a moment, and she heard her heart throbbing. To the dance of the strange quietness. Her voice breaks through and darted back to her face with the scorching breeze. As she hurried to off the cooker in the kitchen. “Dad... Dad.”
John’s voice returned as if he was being chased. A sound of the door shutting was heard, and his voice came. Dropping like a sharp stones into her heart. “They want to kill me.”
Stunned. “Where are you?”
“At home. Please listen, don’t come here. If they kill me, it’s fine.” His voice was lost as the approaching banging noise on the door.
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