It was quiet. Too quiet. Granted, even a deafening din would seem soft in comparison to the rest of the day: screams, wails, the muffled smack of fists hitting flesh. This was a quiet of a different color.<\/p>\n
He said: should I go up there and see?
\nShe said: I don’t know, I’m just enjoying the quiet.
\nHe said: but should I?
\nShe said: should you? Probably. Will you? I don’t know.<\/p>\n
He did.<\/p>\n
The quiet was broken. A torrent of unintelligible shouting bombarded the spaces, intermixed with wails of frustration. Two small bodies scampered into the room.<\/p>\n
He said: wash their hands. They have scattered the entire contents of the catbox all across the upstairs. There is cat litter caked into their hair.<\/p>\n
She said: shit.<\/p>\n
And it was.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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