Midnight.
I touched beside me and it was empty.
I noticed that Theo was not beside me after I opened my eyes.
He should still be working in the study now.
I rubbed my eyes and was about to go back to sleep when the phone ringing reached my ears.
Who would be calling in the middle of the night?
Harboring some doubts, I picked up my phone. Seeing the string of unfamiliar numbers on the screen made me even more confused. I had not saved this number, but it looked familiar.
Suspicious, I answered the call.
The sound over the phone was very noisy, but I could vaguely hear a man's low voice,
"Wanya..."
Wanya?
The familiar name reminded me of that night in Zenon. I had also received a strange call like this and heard this name being chanted.
It sounded to be the same person.
"Who are you and why do you keep calling me?" I
asked.
There was still a bit of noise coming from the other end of the phone. I then seemed to hear someone coming in and telling the person to stop degrading themselves like this before the call was hung up.
I lost whatever sleepiness I had after the call was hung up. I grabbed a coat and walked gently to the door of the study. Through the door, I saw Theo still busy. My heart ached for a moment.
Knowing that he would not eat anything now, I made him a cup of coffee and brought it in. I placed the cup in the spot dedicated to coffee that was on his right.
"Why did you get up?" He saw me and had a gentle look in his eyes.
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