Melanie went to sleep with a knife under her pillow. She was terrified. She couldn’t fall asleep for a long time, staring into the darkness of the slightly open closet door.
Around 3 AM, she finally drifted off. The house was silent.
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In the morning, she woke up shivering. The window was wide open, even though she distinctly remembered closing it. There was a fresh red mark on her neck.
With trembling hands, she pulled the memory card out and plugged it into her computer. She pressed “Play.”
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