IV. Unknown Unknowns
Silence filled the Kriit household with an overwhelming presence, although the occasional exhale from its giant patriarch consistently attempted to break the calm. Tonight, was the first night Glen spent quality time imprinting on the pillow beside his wife in months, thus he willingly fell into a deep sleep. The couple remained at rest until the curiosity of Glen’s ear was piqued by a chime from downstairs.
The amped two-tone ringing echoed from the ground floor office to the hallway and bedroom upstairs. The quality of the sound’s pitch was unavoidably piercing enough to wake every living being in the house. Even the creaking insects in the attic were attentive to the bell’s ruckus.
All Glen could hope to achieve was flop out of his personal cloud and tip-toe past
