Closer to the Truth

Avery

Silence settled between us like snow. Neither hostile nor comfortable, just there.

I finished my tea, setting the empty mug on the counter with a soft clink.

Declan did the same.

The clock on the wall ticked. Eight forty. Noah would sleep for hours yet, his little body exhausted from the amusement park and sugar crash.

I moved away from him, needing movement, needing air, needing something o