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Patterns

Author: Juno Sparks
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-09-03 11:52:16

Once I recognized the pattern of sounds, I couldn’t stop listening. It was like a puzzle—one I had no choice but to solve. My brain latched onto it with the desperate focus of a drowning person spotting shore. It gave me purpose. It gave me something besides my own slow rot to contemplate.

The house became something I could piece together with my ears, tracing the footsteps like ink lines on a map. I had nothing else. No light, no books, no conversation beyond Elena’s hushed visits. But this—th
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