{"id":12617,"date":"2025-08-15T06:56:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T01:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/?p=12617"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:05:14","slug":"when-silence-said-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/when-silence-said-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"When Silence Said Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"430\"><em data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"428\">&#8220;Hi, I\u2019ll be late tonight. Please try and wash all my dirty clothes and make sure you prepare my favorite dish before I return.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"432\" data-end=\"468\">He waited a few minutes. No reply.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"530\">Thinking maybe she didn\u2019t see it, he sent another message:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"532\" data-end=\"645\"><em data-start=\"532\" data-end=\"643\">&#8220;And I forgot to tell you\u2014my boss gave me a raise! 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