A quiet Spokane diner. A tasty meal. A relaxing break. All Cole Wright wants. But at another table someone watches him. Intent. Focused. Maybe even a little agitated. None of Wright's business. Until trouble arrives. A story that asks the question, how long should we wait to speak up?

Sean Monaghan is the author of more than one hundred stories, in print, online, on broadcast radio and podcast. His stories include "Concentration" in Landfall, and "The Molenstraat Music Festival" in Asimovs. He was the Grand Prize winner in the 2014 Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest for his story "Low Arc"