Calculated Silence

Vittoria

The silence is what makes it dangerous.

Not the kind that soothes.

Not the kind that lets you rest.

The kind that lingers too long, stretching thin across days, daring you to forget it’s there.

It’s been three days.

Three full days since the last message.

Three days of nothing.

No calls.

No texts.

No movement.

And somehow, that feels worse.

“Still nothing?”

Zev’s voice cuts through the qu