The Shift Everyone Felt

Bill looked over, and without a word, I understood. You feel that?” he asked, barely above a whisper. I nodded. It wasn’t fear exactly, but something heavier, like the weight of a storm hanging in the sky just before it breaks. Jake and Travis kept going, laughing louder at their jokes.

While they couldn’t sense it, the rest of us felt it. The trucker hadn’t moved or changed expression, which made it worse. Sam leaned on his rig and said plainly, “Have you ever seen laughter vanish like that?” The crowd already knew. The ones making the noise were the only ones still in the dark..