I know your secret,” a muffled voice came over the phone, cutting off so suddenly that Sonia, clutching the phone to her ear, frowned in confusion. It was so early in the morning only the birds flitting outside and tweeting mutedly were awake.
Sonia struggled to sit up, buried as she was under a pile of blankets fortifying her against the chilly dawn, then bolted upright as her alarm rang on the phone still held tightly in her now sweaty palms.
