Quiet Novels & Stories

The kind of sound like an Ocean waves, Calmly but Angry. " Aaaaaaahhhhhhh ! this issss soooo niiiceee " shouting as adrenaline rush on my blood. " Ziara Kaimana! are you trying to scare off the newbie racers. " Zoticus grumpy voice smooch in my ear piece. I turn on my mic " Heeey! how is that ? " Look at your back " he calmly said. I push off my visor to check " Opppsiieee " giggling, I just press harder the gas , why is that ?

He nodded politely at her and faced ahead. She remained quiet and looked as far away from the man as was vision-ably possible. She wanted to appear as invisible as possible. That thought went down the drain when the sound of her ringtone blazed through the elevator. It was a ridiculous tone that entailed the sound of a mooing cow. The blush that surfaced was inevitable. She took her phone out and immediately pressed the silent button. Anelia never failed to put her phone on silent at work, another of the many Hotel regulations. Today was clearly not her day.

Then I heard a very sweet voice, "Yes Hello, this is Tanya, may I know who's on the line?" "Yes, this is Melody and I..." but she cuts me off "Hey, Mel" she paused, "Sorry can I call u Mel?" she asked carefully as if afraid to hurt me. I chuckle "Yeah, sure you can" I said and smile to myself "So, I read your request and I'm interested so, I just wanted to ask that when can I resume? " I said "You can come now darling, I'm about to go out so I'll just explain a few things to you" she said

The specific and quiet words. Not loud. The particular and distinctive quality of a very quiet man who is not shouting, who does not need to shout, who has the specific and identifying authority of a man in a room who does not require volume because the weight of what he is saying is not in the volume. He stopped.

I close the file slowly, my reflection faintly visible in the darkened screen. Calm.Focused.Certain. And this time Not watching. Acting.My voice is quiet when I speak. Barely above a whisper. But steady. “This is how we hit him.”

Calm. Satisfied.

Complete silence for what feels like an eternity. “…what?”

Quietly. Intentionally. At last.

Only light. Only waiting.