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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off her reverie, scolding herself for letting her imagination run wild,

detected a slight nasal quality in the voice on

scoffed at herself for even sparing a thought for

continued to provide cooking

the other end was laconic, offering only brief acknowledgments

her efforts to convince herself that the voice could not

the man on the other end sensed

down the ingredients he was handling, he directly asked, “Is everything alright? You seem

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

been the most appropriate. Realizing her comment could make the situation awkward, she quickly added, “I

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