Melanie covered her mouth with her hand to stop herself from screaming. In the video, the man walked up to her bed. He leaned over her so low that his nose almost touched her face.
He stood like that for 20 minutes. Just watching her sleep. Then he reached out a dirty hand and gently touched her hair. He began braiding it, smiling strangely.
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He took a glass of water from her nightstand, took a sip, and put it back. Then he crawled back… not into the closet. But into the ventilation vent near the ceiling inside the walk-in closet.
He lived there. The whole time. Just above her head.
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