Chapter 25
No one moved immediately after that.
The words didn’t fade.
We’ll see.
They stayed in the room, settling into the spaces between them and stretching the silence thinner than before.
Victoria was the first to shift, not dramatically, just a small straighten of her shoulders, the kind that meant she’d already moved past the moment.
“I’ll start making calls,” she said, reaching for her phone.
Andrew didn’t look at her. “Not yet.”
She stopped cold.
“…Andrew.”
“Not yet.”
Same tone. Low. Steady. Not raised. But not something to argue with.
Victoria studied him for a second longer than necessary, as if deciding whether to push. Then she exhaled softly and dropped her hand.
“Fine.”
Nancy hadn’t moved, still leaning slightly against the arm of the couch, arms loosely crosse
