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Glitch in the House

Author: Kelly's Write
last update publish date: 2026-10-03 20:36:34

A Glitch in the House

POV: Bash

"I could have sworn it vibrated."

I muttered the words to the empty bedroom, the damp towel heavy around my shoulders as I tapped the dark glass of my phone with a thumb that wouldn't stop shaking.

No new messages. No missed calls. Just the same lock screen I'd left it on that morning, my own reflection staring back at me in the black glass, faintly distorted and unconvinced.

I could have sworn, right before I stepped into the shower, that I'd seen the scree
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