A drop dead silence, only hearts hammering; the organs accessing information threatening to toggle. She listened as she hears only his seizing breaths, his silence was breaking her heart-she wanted him to talk_to say his mind out-but Adyan seemed to be into a hiatus.
"Adyan, are you still there?" She had to ask, for it was over five minutes now without him uttering a word. She knew he must be surprised, but she thought he would say something about it.
The next thing Hayfah heard was shuffles and trudges of his feet on the floor-she heard as he closed the door she assumed was his room's door and entered another room. Her jaws didn't drop down until she heard Mom's voice echoing through the phone.
"Adyan, what's the problem? You are crying and holding a phone, did someone died?" Hayfah he
