The Last Witness
On the surface, nothing had changed, but to Elena, everything had.
She sat motionless on the edge of her bed, her fingers wrapped around a mug of tea that had long since gone cold. In the quiet of her mind, she could still hear it all: the gunshot, the body hitting the floor, and the echo of her own voice. “I know your heartbeat.” She hadn’t meant to say it; the words had escaped before she could stop them. Yet, they were entirely true. While most people recognized faces, Elena recognized rhythms. Every heartbeat carried tiny, distinct differences. Every voice had a specific pattern, and every person's footsteps formed a unique acoustic signature. She had spent years training her ears until