Yet quietly my captain awaits my silence.

After about 6 months of silence, there have been some significant updates.

Then, last week, after a month of silence, I heard one again, honking outside my window. And another, and another.

“I’m overwhelmed, ” he said, so softly that I could barely hear him, and then his breathing trailed off and the phone went dead.

But now the place is deserted, filled only with an eerie silence.