Rose felt her chest constricting and her heartbeat racing fast. She was sure he must be hearing the thumping of her heart. From his ragged breathing she could tell it was him. She gulped with her hands on the phone that was now glued to her ear.

Both of them were silent and she didn't know whether she should speak. He was calling after a month and the first thing that poked her mind was to wish him also a happy birthday but she dared not even speak about it but she also couldn't hang ...