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73. Paranoia

Author: V J tells
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-04 23:45:57

It had been four days since Abby received that strange note.

And she had spent four restless nights in this same room, each one worse than the last.

Right now, as the clock in her room flashed 4:30 , she had woken herself up with a scream once again.

It took Abby a few minutes to understand where she was… her skin was clammy with sweat, her chest rising and falling in shallow breaths.

Her blanket was twisted around her legs, and the image from the nightmare was still fresh in her vision; the murky water under the dense fog, icy cold hands wrapped around her ankle, something inhuman pulling her down into a lake…

That monster’s grip had felt too real.

The door creaked open suddenly, and her mother appeared, draping a shawl over her shoulders and a mask of concern over her fearful features.

“Is everything okay, dear?”

She asked gently, stepping into the room with cautious feet.

Abby blinked, one thing had suddenly become clear in her mind: she couldn't tell her.

She couldn’t tell h
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