“A married couple were asleep when the phone rang at 2 in the morning. The wife picked up the phone, listened a moment and said, ‘How should I know? That’s 200 miles from here!’ and hung up. Curious, the husband said, ‘Who was that?’ And his lovely wife replied…“…I think someone who simply dialed the wrong number,” she said, rubbing her eyes, still half-asleep. But even as she settled back into bed, something about the call lingered in her mind. There had been panic in the stranger’s voice—rushed words, a trembling edge, as if they were desperate for help but unsure whom to turn to. The couple lay there in the dark for a few minutes, the house silent once again, but sleep refused to return. Finally, the wife whispered, “I hope they’re alright.” Her husband, sensing the unease in her tone, reached for her hand. Neither of them knew why the call felt different from an ordinary wrong number—it simply did.
