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

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

for even sparing a thought for Theodore, who had always been so

Ariana continued to

on the other end was laconic, offering

the voice could not be Theodore’s,

several times, to the extent that the man on the other end sensed something was

handling, he directly asked, “Is everything alright? You

“It’s nothing, it’s just. Your voice sounds very similar to that of my

those words, Ariana sensed they might not have been the most appropriate. Realizing her comment could make the situation awkward, she quickly

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