Before the storm

Sienna — First Person POV

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The house was too quiet in the way that said something was definitely wrong.

It wasn’t the kind of quiet that came with peace or rest. It was the kind of quiet that came before something big. Like the silence before a wave crashes or before the sky opens up and lets the storm pour out. The usual hum of life was gone. The soft clinks of dishes in the kitchen, the dist