The Weight of Silence

The house was too quiet.

Not the kind of quiet that suggested peace,the kind that pressed up against your ribs and made every breath feel like an admission.

I had not slept.

I'd tried. I'd changed from the evening dress, drawn the curtains, even dimmed the lights. But no matter how many times I squirmed in the bedclothes, my mind kept replaying the same moment over and over again, the look on Dant