22.47

Mark clicked the side button on his smartphone to check the time. He was surprised to see it was so late: 22.47. He was also surprised to see a new message notification. He opened the message. It was not very long.

Dani watched and waited for the ticks next to the message to turn blue – proof that he had read the message. Finally, it did – 10:47pm.  She put the phone down. When was he going to respond? Was she even right to have contacted him after all this time? She took the wine bottle and refilled her glass

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