RUBBY

He stepped out of the room, and stood just outside the door, though he didn't shut it. I stood at the little opening where I could hear everything he said.

I was taken aback when he started speaking a different language entirely. Had he seen me? It wasn't French, nor was it any language I understood. I had never heard him speak like that before, and he sounded as though he was threatening whoever it was on the other end.

I thought of what to do for a second before I pulled my phone ...