I was halfway down my driveway, headed to Sunday service, when the silence in my right ear hit like a slap.
My hearing aid. Still on the bathroom counter.
I turned back, annoyed at myself, thinking it was nothing more than a small inconvenience.
It wasn’t.
Because the moment I stepped back inside my farmhouse, I heard my daughter-in-law’s voice — not her church voice, not her “bless your heart” voice.
Her real voice.
Sharp. Low. Certain.
“Tonight,” she said, “this ends.”
I moved closer without thinking. And what I heard next made me walk right back out of my own home like I’d just discovered a fire.
Keep reading to see who they were targeting first — and why I realized I wasn’t just overhearing gossip… I was overhearing a blueprint 🧾👇