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

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

her face, reminding 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 it sound even

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

Ariana continued

the other end was laconic, offering only

the voice could not be Theodore’s, hearing it continually disrupted her

extent that the

the ingredients he was handling, he directly asked, “Is

before softly saying, “It’s nothing, it’s just. Your voice sounds very similar to

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 your

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