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An Unwanted Presence

Author: DELEPU
last update publish date: 2026-05-30 22:39:49

At two in the morning, Daniel's phone vibrated once on the nightstand.

He hadn't slept. Couldn't.

The screen lit up in the darkness, illuminating half of his face that was flat without expression.

A short message. No sender name. Only a sequence of words chosen carefully so they would mean nothing to anyone who didn't know their meaning.

*Done. Clean. Nothing to worry about.*

Daniel stared at that screen for a few seconds.

Then the corner of his lips lifted slightly—not a smile, just a kind of
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