Episode 1

It was midnight now. But your roomie hadn't come home.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. It was your roomie.

"Open the door! Hurry up! A strange person is stalking me!"

At the same time, you get a phone call. Your roomie's voice came on the phone.

"It's not me! Don't open the door! Don't open the door!"

I stood at the door threshold speechless, not knowing what to do next.

The knocking grew frequent and harder. It seemed as if the door would crack open anytime soon.

I tried to buy some time so I told, " Hold on , I am coming! Getting the door keys. "

''QUICK AMELIA !!!"

'Yeah', I shouted back, pretending to be far away from the door. I couldn't think of anyway to identify who actually was on the other side of the door.

The knocks stopped for a few seconds and then there was silence with only rain drops sounds as it fell on the tree leaves and slided down gracefully to the the ground. The silence was once again disturbed by the knocks with Lelia --or maybe the stalker.

"AMELIA, WHAT'S TAKING YOU SO LONG ??? YOU KNOW THERE IS THIS STALKER FOLLOWING ME !! "

But, I gulped and thought to myself that this door doesn't have to be locked by a key , it has latches. I looked more intensely at the door. I hurried and dialed the number which had rang me up moments ago.

"The number you have dialed is invalid, Please---", I hung up before it completed.

" Lelia. ", I called out softly.

" Yeah?!! ", answering back impatiently, almost irritatedly.

"Did you forget.. that .. this door doesn't really need to be locked by a key?", Maybe i made a stupid move.

" Ha! ", a mockery chuckle followed, " So you realised? You are witted, aren't you? But you think your friend is safe?", she continue after a pause " Why would she call you from an unknown number?"

I fell into deeper thoughts. I was more terrified. I picked my phone and tried calling my neighbours but to my horror now the phone signal was gone too. I clutched my hair and sat on the ground.

"Should I open the door? Leila is this you? Where are you? Today is my end?", i whisperd to myself.

I could once again hear door knocking and then I came back to the reality and pulled myself up taking a deep breath, looking around for anything that i could do. I ran to the kitchen and picked a knife and came back and stood at the door.

I ran back in the room and took bedsheets and made a rope using it and tied it to the window without throwing it down. I walked to the living room and once again stood at the door.

"Leila!", I called out.

"I am not Leila, haha ", they said back.

"I am going to open the door.", I said back.

I slowly pulled out the latch and turned the knob and the knob made a click sound and I pulled the door open.

.........

10 mins later.

The stranger was crouched at the corner of the room panting and screaming at intervals.

"Why are you scared?", I asked.

To be continued...

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