One Word at a Time

Ring ring, ring ring, ring ring . . . "He's not answering. He's such a deep sleeper, he probably won't wake up." Ring ring, ring ring, ring ring . . . "Maybe try FaceTiming him," Emily suggested.  "It will make a different noise, and maybe that will wake him up." Bring bring, bring bring, bring bring . . . "I'm going to pull off the highway.  I don't like that sound - I just know it isn't right - so I'll pull off and turn it off and let it sit for a little bit.  Maybe that will help.  But keep trying.  Maybe through Facebook?  Can't you call through there now?" As the signal light blinked on and off, the silence was noticeable.  Where, five minutes earlier, you could hear the sound of two voices trying to sing along to Mariah Carey's anthem, All I Want for Christmas Is You, now there was nothing.  All ears were tuned to the engine and the noise it was making. "That definitely doesn't soun...