Echoes of Scandal

DAPHNE

The house was far too quiet, the kind of silence that made my skin itch. I paced the living room, phone in hand, glancing at the screen every few seconds. The argument with Dominic from this morning replayed over and over in my head. I wanted to shake the memory loose, but it stuck like a bad tune.

Why had I let it get so heated?

I sat down for a moment, trying to call him again. The line r