Second verse, same as the first. Dan had begun trying to call Adam early in the morning. At first, he would let an hour or so pass before trying again. Then, a half hour, then fifteen minutes.
When he was calling his buddy’s house in Brandon every ten minutes and still coming up with only endless, unanswered ringing, Dan realized he needed to do something else. The image he had of the phone ringing in an empty house frightened him, and although it wasn’t a pleasant reaction, it did succeed in taking his mind off his own troubles for a while.
What was going on? Why hadn’t Adam, or even Sullivan, answered the phone now for a second day? Dan’s first call had been early in the morning, early enough that Sullivan and Adam should have both been at home.
And why no answering machine? Something
