Prelude to Silence by Linda Faulkner

Author:Linda Faulkner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2019-09-23T15:01:53+00:00

They met Pete and Mitch at the restaurant the next Friday. Anne remained polite but distant. The minute the waiter brought the bill, she put down her money and left the table without a word.

Mitch scrambled to catch up with her. “I’ll walk you back.”

Anne could barely reign in her frustration at the whole situation. “Why bother?”

“Look, I’m sorry I didn’t call you sooner but everything was so crazy. And then we had to wait while they ran tests. My mother was hysterical. It was all I could do to hold things together. Fortunately, they found the problem. His heart stopped because he has an irregular heartbeat. They’re able to treat it with medication for now.”

The memory of Joe’s death flashed through her mind, an image that haunted her to this day. He suddenly collapsed on the kitchen floor, his eyes glazed and unseeing. Anne had to keep it together and call 911, while Mona shrieked in agony and kept pleading, “Wake up, Joe! Please wake up! Please!”

A few days later when the funeral service was held, the family took over and shoved Anne aside. She hid in her room most of the time, alone with her grief.

Mitch reached over and took her hand in his. “A penny for your thoughts.”

She looked up and withdrew it. “I went through something like that. Things can get pretty crazy.”

“Again, I’m sorry I let you down,” Mitch said as they approached Stanton Hall. You must have called me every name in the book.”

“Yeah, but my friends came up with most of them,” she admitted. “Pond scum was my favorite.”

“Ouch!”

Anne gave him a fleeting smile and continued, “I don’t think it’s a good idea for us to see each other again. I could never fit into your world. Your parents would see to that. It’s hopeless. Just let it be.”

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