Caught in this momentary distraction, she was startled when a voice from the other end of the call suddenly asked, “What’s next?”

Ariana was momentarily frozen.

The man’s voice was deep. Oddly, it was accompanied by a background noise, almost like static or some form of electrical interference.

The resemblance was striking.

Ariana stood still, taken aback by the uncanny similarity. For a moment, she was at a loss for words.

The voice was so reminiscent of Theodore’s that she almost believed he was the one speaking on the other end of the Line.

“Are you still there? Is the call breaking up due to poor internet?”

sounded slightly

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Ariana shook off her reverie, scolding herself for letting her imagination run wild, just as Sonia had warned

herself that many people have similar voices. On closer listening, she detected a slight nasal quality in the voice on the other end that made

Ariana’s senses. She mentally scoffed at herself for even sparing a thought for Theodore, who had always been so

herself together, Ariana continued

end was laconic, offering

to convince herself that the voice could not be Theodore’s, hearing it continually disrupted

that the

was handling, he directly

just. Your voice sounds very similar

might not have been the most appropriate. Realizing her comment could make the situation awkward, she quickly added, “I didn’t mean anything by it; there are subtle differences between

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