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It could be Bed & Breakfast. No. It's not. It's a raw piece of thought that comes from the Back Brain. No logic. No Grammar.
SILENCE
It doesn't matter whether you agree or disagree with me. I'm going to start today. Dan told his wife while they were eating their breakfast. That was around five weeks ago. She didn't believe him at that moment. But after a few days of going silent, Emily passed the five stages of shock. Now she is determined to restore her husband to his default status: the Good Talker she met seven years ago.
"There's nothing worth talking about anymore!". Dan announced to justify his decision. Emily is usually a good listener. It's well-known that she talks barely a few words per hour. But when Dan announced the idea as a fact she got worried. Then she got scared, deeply scared. She replied "Are you sure that you don’t want to discuss the news stories? What about expressing your extreme emotions of love and hate? Will you be able to stop delivering your stinging comments that target every creature around you?
Dan shrugged saying in disappointment "there's nothing in this world worth a word from me." Then he stayed silent for the next ten hours. Emily called their friends and she described to them the urgent situation in details. Most of them laughed while telling Emily that Dan pranked her and he'll do double talking tomorrow morning. That was a bearable joke for Emily until Dan's close friend Andrew, hinted that Dan is might be doing this to push her to talk more.
She stood up to the challenge. Out of nowhere she pulled piles of old notes. Every time she argued with Dan, she wrote down all his statements, phrases and points of views. Emily sat facing Dan and started from note number one. She reminded him with all his theories about life, love, marriage, divorce, politics and economic. She kept talking for hours and he stayed silent for hours. At this point Emily realised how much Dan is serious with his decision.
Dan started exploring life with a different approach. He started playing sport, planting roses in the garden, painting the faded walls and for Emily's surprise he started cooking. He always refused the idea of spending hours to prepare a meal, preferring fast or frozen food. First he prepared baked Tilapia, then he upgraded to Creamy Herb Chicken. Today he perfected Guacamole. All the genuine complements from Emily didn't convince Dan to sound even one vocal reaction. Why?
Emily thought that if she knew why Dan made his revolutionary decision, she will be able to change his mind. He looks more engaged in all aspects of his daily life, actually he becomes more productive. So she is sure that the radical change is not related to the lack of loving life, desperation or feeling miserable. So why the talking guy went silent?
Finally Emily decided to shift her attitude and face the dramatic action with a dramatic reaction. At that morning Dan woke up to see his wife packing her clothes in a big bag. He made many gestures to ask her what she is doing but she ignored him completely. Then he tried to write on a card board. Emily shrugged and dragged the bag heading towards the door. She startled when he shouted loudly: Emily, what are you doing for the heaven's sake. She turned slowly to face him with tearful eyes. She realised how much she missed his voice. Dan kneeled on the ground with a disappointment expression on his face. After a while, he stuttered: we just lost a 25000 dollars bet. She looked shocked: A bet? A bet bout what? Dan exhaled with sorrow "It was the last day of my bet with Andrew to stay silent for five weeks". He stood up facing Emily and extended his arms to hug her. She stepped back. Then she continued walking out of the house. He called her time after time, he apologized repetitively. Emily didn't say a word, she went silent.