Silencing the Whispers

DAPHNE

A week had passed, and today was the day—the result was supposed to arrive.

I was sitting in the living room, curled up on the couch with a throw blanket over my legs, but it did nothing to calm my nerves. My heart had been racing since I woke up this morning. I’d tried to distract myself with TV, scrolled through my phone, even paced the hallway twice, but nothing worked. Every few seconds