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Chapter 5

Author: Perfect Timing
My fingers clenched tightly around my phone, the joints going rigid. I could almost hear my bones grinding.

They'd caught him. Then who… was the one outside the car?

The answer struck like a needle driven into my temple, sharp and blinding.

Every inconsistency snapped together in an instant.

He knew the layout of the house like the back of his hand. He could open the front door with ease. No matter where I hid, he could always find me.

It wasn't because the killer was some omnipotent monst
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