The line suddenly became eerily quiet, and even Ava stopped typing on her keyboard and waited for him to say something. A second passed, then a minute, still nothing.
"Big brother! Are you there?" Her voice cracking, she sounded like she was about to cry.
James came back to his senses and realized that the game was over, and they lost.
"I'm a bit tired today, maybe we can just play again tomorrow. It's late already anyway. I'll talk to you later." He then logged off without waiting for Ava's reply.
Ava was at a loss with what had happened. One minute they were chatting happily, then suddenly he got quiet, and then after losing the game, he logged off just like that. So what was that all about?
She stayed where she was for a while, her one hand on the keyboard and the other one on the mouse, staring at the monitor blankly.
