Chapter 9 - The Number Rang One Final Time at 9:17Two years later, the old telephone rang.
Tuesday.
9:17.
We were all in the kitchen.
Nobody moved.
Sophia looked at me.
“Should we answer?”
Alessandro nodded.
She picked up the receiver.
“Hello?”
Silence.
Then a recording.
Tobias's voice.
“If you're hearing this, then you're safe.”
Sophia smiled.
The voice continued:
“Seven years ago, I believed the truth would destroy us.”
“I was wrong.”
“The truth didn't destroy the family.”
“The lies did.”
The recording ended.
Sophia put the phone down.
Then she laughed.
Alessandro smiled.
May you like
The old telephone went silent.
Forever.
