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The superficial jazz music and the clinking of champagne glasses inside the Chicago skyscraper were erased all at once, replaced by a deathly silence that

The soft acoustic music and the gentle murmur of the ocean breeze on the Monterey beach died instantly, replaced by a deathly silence that hung heavier

The superficial comfort of the Chicago suburban home and the sting of forty years of marriage vanishing into a single weekender bag were erased all at

The flickering fluorescence of the Brooklyn apartment hallway and the mundane reality of the scuffed floor were erased all at once, replaced by a deathly

The superficial applause of the literary elite and the blinding flashbulbs of the San Francisco book launch were erased all at once, replaced by a deathly

The superficial chatter of the Broadway premiere and the fading glare of the New York City flashbulbs were erased all at once, replaced by a deathly silence

The soft clatter of coffee spoons and the heavy hum of condolences from the neighbors died instantly, replaced by a deathly silence that hung heavier than

The metallic rattle of the locked iron gate and the frustrated pulling at the wrought-iron bars died instantly, replaced by a deathly silence that hung

The panicked murmur of excuses and the desperate shifting of feet near the window died instantly, replaced by a deathly hush that hung heavier than the

The impatient tapping on the electronic keypad and the frustrated rattling of the door handle eroded instantly, replaced by a deathly silence that hung