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When We Last Spoke

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When We Last Spoke

By: Margot Holloway
Narrated by: Amanda Thompson
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When Claire Whitman receives an unexpected message from the man she once loved, it reopens a conversation she believed had ended years ago.

Michael Reyes left town without explanation, choosing distance over certainty and a future he could not yet name. Claire stayed, building a quiet, stable life shaped as much by silence as by endurance. Now, with Michael back for a brief consulting project, the past resurfaces—not with drama, but with care.

Over a series of deliberate meetings—walks by the river, quiet dinners, shared memories—they begin to speak honestly for the first time. Not to rewrite what was lost, but to understand it. Each conversation peels back the assumptions they lived with for years: what it meant to leave, what it meant to stay, and how silence can feel like kindness while still costing something.

When We Last Spoke is a reflective literary novella about timing, emotional restraint, and the courage it takes to be present after years of preservation. It is a story for listeners who value subtlety over spectacle, and truth spoken quietly over answers forced too soon.

©2026 Margot Holloway (P)2026 Margot Holloway
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