24

The silence that surrounds us is full of words that we do not have the courage to say.

"How do you intend to make your mother convince herself that your fiancé changed his number and voice? "He asks with caution.

"Buying a cell phone for you.”

"What about my voice?”

"Control your accent, now," I reply. "There's nothing different about your voice.”

Suddenly, he slides to reach me, and, with one hand wrapping my face, keeps me still, just to touch my mouth in my ear.

"Are you sure, Suzy? "My nerves tremble with the power of his deep and slightly hoarse voice, adorned with a foreign and seductive accent. I squeeze my knees almost unconsciously.

"Maybe it's just a little different" "I do my best not to babble. "Try to speak faster and lower, it can serve.”

Luckily, Candy Shop's dancing beats fill the silence loaded with unknown intentions, and Natalie appears in a video call on my cell phone screen.

"Well, that's ironic," says Hunter, observing. "What happened to the Americans who had Bab