C243 Push and Pull

"Hello, ma…Sharon," his greeting came, tentative and laced with a strange hesitation.

Adrian's rich baritone caressed her name, triggering an instantaneous flood of yearning within Sharon's soul.

Sharon's own voice, when she finally spoke, was a whisper.

"Adrian." It was soft, fragile, like a porcelain doll on the verge of shattering.

There was a weighted pause before he spoke again