The Visit

..._Chapter 2: The Visit_...

...(The Writer) 🎀...

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...There's a knock at the door....

...Not loud....

...Not desperate....

...Just... deliberate....

...Like someone knows I'm home....

...Like they've been waiting for the right moment to be heard....

...I pause....

...No one visits me at this hour....

...No one even has the courage....

...My eyes flick to the digital clock on my wall....

...3:03 a.m....

...Too late for delivery....

...Too early for death....

...Unless the two are the same....

...I step closer. Slowly. Carefully....

...I don't say a word....

...Another knock - softer this time....

...Confident. Controlled....

...Like whoever's on the other side isn't here by accident....

..."Who is it?" I ask, voice steady....

...Silence....

...Not even footsteps....

...I should ignore it....

...Lock the door. Walk away....

...But instead......

...I opened it....

...Just a crack....

...Just enough to peek through....

...And there's no one there....

...Not on the stairs....

...Not in the hallway....

...Not in the shadows -...

...Wait....

...Something's on the floor....

...A package....

...Matte black. No label. No return address....

...Wrapped too perfectly to be careless....

...Tied with a single dark ribbon....

...Like a fucking gift....

...I bend down, heart thudding....

...Pick it up....

...Close the door....

...Lock. Deadbolt. Chain....

...Twice....

...I carry it to the kitchen....

...Rip it open with a knife....

...Inside?...

...A USB....

...And a note - handwritten, sharp and neat....

..."You're not imagining it."...

..."Play me."...

...My fingers tremble - but only a little....

...Curiosity always beats fear in my blood....

...I plug the USB into my laptop....

...The screen flashes black, then shows a video file....

...No title. No timestamp....

...I click to play....

...It's me....

...In my apartment....

...Writing....

...The same grey hoodie. The same bun on my head. The same candle on my desk....

...From yesterday....

...A view from outside....

...Like someone was watching me through my window....

...I watch myself blink. Sigh. Write....

...Unaware. Open. Vulnerable....

...And just when I think the video will cut -...

...the camera zooms in......

...Not on my face....

...In the photo pinned beside my desk....

...The girl I'm writing about....

...The unsolved murder....

...Then- glitch....

...The screen turns to static....

...And then, a voice....

...Low. Measured....

...Too smooth to be anything but calculated....

..."You're not the only one who remembers her, sweetheart."...

..."You're not imagining this case."...

..."You just don't know how close it is to you."...

..."But I do."...

..."You're writing about the ghosts....

...But one of them is still alive....

...And watching."...

..."Keep going."...

..."Finish your book."...

..."And when you're ready for the truth-...

...I'll be waiting."...

...Click....

...Video ends....

...USB ejects itself....

...My blood runs cold....

...I stare at the screen....

...Then at the window....

...Then down at my hands -...

...still shaking now....

...Who the hell was that?...

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...End of The Writer's POV.......

...Somewhere across the city,...

...in a room filled with surveillance screens and silence,...

...a man watches her reaction......

...(The Shadow) POV♣️💜...

...He watches her reach for your phone....

...Then stop....

...Then pace....

..."She's afraid."...

..."But she won't run."...

...He smirks - a dark, unholy thing....

...And presses his lips to the back of his gloved hand like it's yours....

..."You asked the question, Little Sin."...

..."Now I'll give you answers."...

..."One touch at a time."...

..."Until the truth is inside you deeper than my name."...

..."And you'll beg to learn both."...

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...End of Chapter 2 🖤...

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