Fragments of conversation caught in passing — the things people say when they think no one is really listening.

She’d finally agreed to a night out — and as she sat on the bus, the fluttering in the space beneath her ribs grew too challenging to ignore.

A short, sharp piece about the particular stillness of late night — and what surfaces when everything else goes quiet.

A short story about Cora — one of those quiet, self-contained characters who carries more than she lets on.