On the screen, the timestamp showed 02:45 AM. Melanie was sleeping restlessly in the video. Suddenly, the motion sensor triggered.
Melanie expected to see herself getting out of bed. Or maybe a ghost. But what she saw was far worse.
[readalso]
The door of the built-in closet, which she rarely opened, slowly slid back. From the top shelf, from the darkness near the ceiling, a human figure began to descend.
It was a man. Thin, dirty, with long matted hair. He moved completely silently, like a spider. He stepped barefoot onto her bedroom floor.
[readalso]