The quiet of the evening seemed to amplify his lingering sense of concern, leaving him with a vague discomfort that he couldn’t quite shake. Trying to dispel the lingering unease, he turned the key in the ignition and drove away, the memory of the encounter beginning to slip from his thoughts.
By the time Jacob pulled into his driveway and parked the car, the sky had become an inky, deep black, with stars scattered across it like tiny, shimmering pinpricks. The tranquil darkness of the night seemed to envelop everything in a quiet stillness.