:::..Cliff Hangers..:::

• Our mouths dropped and a blanket of anxiety wrapped around us. This was it.

• I could tell it was coming. Anyone could. His cold and hallow glance said it all.

• I felt paralyzed. All I could do was stare out of the window for what seemed to be eternity.

• The six a.m. phone calls stopped. Why was he doing this...

• Pieces of ripped up envelope covered the kitchen floor as the house phone rang off the hook.