Shattered Peace

DAPHNE

The living room felt too quiet. Too still. I needed to do something, anything to keep my mind from spiraling again. The silence was starting to mock me, pressing in from all corners. I stared at the couch, then at the vase on the shelf, then back at the rug that had been slightly off-center for the past two days. I’d been meaning to adjust it, but things kept getting in the way. Hospital vi