The silence of a hundred people understanding, all at once, that they had been in a theater and did not know it.

Chapter 14 — You Forgot to End the Call

Nathan’s face changed in an instant.

The devoted groom fell off it, all at once, like a mask cut loose, and what was underneath was raw and pale and afraid.

Linda shot to her feet.

“Turn that off!” she cried, her head whipping around the room.

“Turn it off, right now!”

No one touched the controls.