Samantha only realized that something was not quite right after speaking. Just as she was thinking of something she could say to remedy it, she heard Timothy’s wonderful voice.

He said to her, “Okay.”

Samantha was startled at first and wondered if she had heard wrongly. She responded weakly, “Timothy, you… What did you say?”

Timothy placed the still-burning match in front of her lips and said, “Blow.”

Samantha blew out the flame in a stupor.

“I said…” Timothy’s thin lips ...