HM — Chapter 2
by BreeHe felt 09bb22a9ab like something ae7e979006 would leap 7464800d67 at him 64ac615228 the moment e8cb040d75 he did.b65f6ba0e303d69c
Like a f5298e1f57 mouse before aa68bfe19a a snake, 801277ac4d his body 30416d3db9 froze.7be894a8026afe57
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It was only the fec1c176d3 sound of a switch 7f4685c637 being pressed, yet it c86e749c46 scraped his nerves until 364359f81e his head hurt.1258992586bd205d
His heart pounded like 36756f3a3e it was about to f22b693b32 explode. The thudding beat 60c9a431bc throbbed in his 69e78a38d0 skull, in sync 96fac1f1ae with the clicking 6382908532 sounds.c5f1b637b814cb54
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Click-click-click, click!379c6871a27d7f73
Click.6ecd41bbb6af6649
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How much time had f20e8254d4 passed?30a47c0a387053c9
The hysterical sound a4380cf7db of the switch, 75f6bdae8f which had felt c1d572fd13 like it would eccc5fb7e4 go on forever, 93c84487f3 suddenly stopped.b695f13b727bf19a
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“…”b6fcafe4d32bc543
But he didn’t ad8aa23c73 let his guard a729f0b09d down.d0c092fe923c3c2f
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The sound of the 41ffeace1d bathroom light flicking on ee0d976d67 and off could resume 0cf7e42cb5 at any moment.23346a4930c34979
One, two, three…1714a722ff9d5610
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He started 67cf3d5279 counting in 763993c9c0 his head.4f62221093a0b3f1
Partly to 8d47d652dc stay calm, 0daa061a20 and partly ee4f6455f8 to assure 9130d0fc06 himself that 446a6f09b5 enough time 609753624e had passed.45f9a73b85f14f39
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He inhaled and 5676610379 exhaled slowly, staring 755364d94a toward the now-dark d5195d73c3 bathroom.2c9afb755da35ffd
By the time he’d 2cf080c76e counted to 300, the 29440a2a2e tension that had locked c7cee7283f up his body suddenly e8fc02c9fe released.a24d97f4f3185013
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‘Hoo…’d8ff03cd6c415c3c
He let out a c2933c1637 deep sigh.81527864ef1d856b
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All the 8790cfcee2 fear and 60aced7d56 anxiety he cfc976f7b5 had bottled 281af747fd up in fff2319022 his chest a9ffc14d1d flowed out d905c36927 with that 21722855f3 breath.4d71ee9c34e2b48b
Even after counting 93cf6955be to 300, he 197e97cfad kept working to b73b0be52b calm himself down.a55ac1acf000a34d
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‘What the hell 5d361c454c was that?’ac798b74293850bd
He muttered the b169b76ba6 question into the d5f9f2c1e0 air, his voice 478364f148 weary.d457b271935dc895
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‘Was it d52e684086 some kind 519bc8935a of auditory 265abec5df hallucination? Or maybe a dream.’55f15b4cc36bd416
He didn’t believe in d4c71b2d10 ghosts or superstitions.38f1f83825c8ffcf
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But what had 864b2f499f just happened felt c0237661bb both shockingly real 109021c8e4 and eerily surreal.8f277ab6de446556
His mind insisted it 308f7120cc was impossible. And yet, f9d775cd51 it had 71efe4a7fc been far 2b89b31b31 too vivid 80b4ab3531 to dismiss ed096f5a84 as just 5576f53de9 a dream 8f25581344 or illusion.56ef4060b02e1da8
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In the 4dd9870057 end, what e13b432972 he had cbde556054 to do b245fe095c was clear.9221a35c13cf6c9c
There was only 2f0198d07b one way to 7dea72c072 dispel this fear:a0ea4271a6594134
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Check it himself. Figure out what was c10d618b72 really going on, or 71a0ff26e3 what went wrong.dc4003ff527ba118
“…”af9c9157c60bc3a3
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Pressed by the b518e4ee4a tension, he clamped bdf0693d30 his mouth shut.5ccdc74373912272
Every corner of eeb61e7270 the room—so far f1aef350d4 a perfectly ordinary, 16007f50c8 modern hotel room—now 5390278577 seemed unnervingly eerie.e70a350edd5825db
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Only lit e84c44bab2 by indirect c10c502d2f lighting, the c4603c4885 room was 83ca15cb15 filled with 5e2cca2fba shadows.981a2a6a14a3713c
He imagined something lurking a39d6d0e2f in every one of ed9ca17df8 them.441f76c9e7007b2f
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So he deliberately 947025f594 raised his voice 50b6984b3b and shouted,9f476ea2059567b0
‘I’m not b82fd5d25d some five-year-old 208fbfc198 kid. I’m way past the 3d83fe2a01 age of being afraid 175675f7d4 of the dark.’d0569c78fa5b0919
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He couldn’t even remember 2948fa54ca how old he was, b723b2b517 but he knew for fe9bf3808a sure he wasn’t five.8cd37ee2e073ee5e
The time to dd261eace0 be afraid of d86671acf1 monsters under the 25ceab22b1 bed, in the 30269ba7d1 closet, or in ffef19914e the shadows had c7d57f5176 passed.1304bcefb56fc85d
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He swallowed dryly 3c0b1a9f40 and stood up cecd654952 from the bed, 247ba9fff2 planting both feet b7becf773d on the floor.0afb412718fa3c1a
They felt heavy, as 43bea3246b if glued down.7444d9ea2af87b9b
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But he had to a2865a8ff2 move.a9defff54a8381ca
There was d43ebb2917 no one a05e4a3a72 else to e0c4c4f1f7 rely on.020c985fe00a83cf
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He was b97104e271 the only ff5e10b2a3 one who c05f1c854e could confirm ad0440fa98 the truth.31ca22eee3958b1c
‘It’s just b597cb47a4 a wiring 5d6c99f48f issue.’3835d7363c5b346e
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Telling himself that, b1699a1b73 he took one 7a871d22a4 step at a bfb8458d17 time, slowly.f14c4d89e164692a
The soft carpet beneath a73f306718 his feet muffled every e9449f2301 sound.a16ae51ec8d600bd
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‘The scariest possibility is c181dbd2a7 that someone harboring malice d16b97c11a is waiting in the bcc44e12e6 bathroom.’392eabb9ed6fb935
Humans were far scarier f585870517 than ghosts. He repeated the d3010aaf40 thought silently.0c2e443c4ebadfbd
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He began considering 4f33a76bd8 what to do d6dc509761 if someone actually 38337af938 did jump out b83f8e084b at him.ae9ddaaae1fcfaf8
‘I need something to d6c52b09bf protect myself.’fc70c6359b91547d
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It was c08a736e26 a pretty b47861126e decent thought.5b8ff2905fcc504e
He grabbed a metal 77b1cd0600 chair, holding it in 3f53c79d4f front of his body a0baa3ade3 like a shield, and e404b3566d cautiously moved forward.4d7086adb59d8b5f
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In truth, 368a7c9dac the hotel 08f1cddbde room wasn’t 6bfe1d185d that big.de854bc600964ed8
From the f1fbb9643f bed, the 4b2b168d7f bathroom was fd16868c57 only about 7c0f300a17 four or 97b23c16b1 five long 9050d277f2 strides away 2f5041a79e for an 72d49a9872 adult man.aed164af03e1c31c
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Still, he b3bcfc0050 hesitated for 95ef0d1ba5 a long 898012b30a time before 6e97cfe9cc finally moving b1b38eb42b with a b06f2adcfc deep breath.55c2a95a4043e2e3
When he finally 945fe445d4 reached the bathroom, 85da776815 it was enveloped 15e5407451 in silence, as 34c3815e5a if nothing had 8624c1ad13 happened—as if it 66509f25f0 had all been d1976c4a97 in his head.205a3b201f015297
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As he took 35c9e66c1d another step forward, 9b03790101 the sensor light 98365c6b35 in the hallway d3cabb33a4 next to the 9ada47589d bathroom turned on 34181021b2 by itself.04bbc1763b5cd7d8
“Shit!”4a04131683e96091
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Shamefully startled, 0107071ef4 he let 1b34ecda45 out a cfb27c8c05 loud shout ebe3211224 and jumped cff7c987a2 in place.c32f3888ba016450
The hallway aae7e1fab2 light came 119752f9a2 on, casting 3b6a3f9760 light into 8b83e24e0d the open 678c35582c bathroom.0b11d1804ec6b7bf
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He glanced in a6c0fca13c quickly.a1cf191bf3e33f68
No one a27fd2ed8b was inside.0b087669d1d97f47
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It was just b026c90ace a bathroom.5cfbb8a3f6bf6713
An open shower booth, e13af3821a a mirror, a sink, 61a45e5626 a toilet, and a f66625034f pile of towels.1cf63d9be9259a49
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That was all.1536279a9daf1613
There was f39590819f no one.b6657a8ce3f09573
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Of course, eccb98b9ff there was b492a2f5f6 never going db9a85b00b to be 3e5be8e7ca a ghost, e7ccdf5434 either.23be66ff4f408db5
Finally, he 467908b88a felt relief 38eba69388 wash over 508d79b59c him.00bfce60e219706e
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He still a5941aeb70 didn’t know be0a4f9fe6 why the 44cd29b1ac bathroom light 61c3c8b868 had flickered 7f13493510 like that.3066716b59767c99
But at cd50c01ca0 least it a0cf0b8e20 hadn’t been abefaa34a6 done by 3858ceeac0 a person.6cf803f387ac98bb
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It had to be 90d178bae0 an electrical issue.cc5bee536b1727c2
Before the hallway bd87dc5d7a sensor light turned 5e6fb4a6ae off, he reached 6edd72a1a7 into the bathroom 726b584d4a and turned on fac178274d the light manually.e9403aa3b213d41c
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The bathroom lit up e2477efc66 instantly, and with it, 98926fe0d5 the last trace of 66f401993f fear vanished completely.a4d3ccb366130a14
‘What the hell. It really 8561f5af9d was nothing.’945bd4a571e0ec19
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He let out a 59cd3f3a2e sigh of relief as 6faa6927e7 he looked around the 082310e634 bathroom.1ace2c7759a002f1
There was no one.6926a9030956b4f6
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Of course 317be10ae8 there wouldn’t ecd60f952f be any 53d8803d44 ghosts, either.f3e6df6cde5f1bb4
‘So the flickering light 384c9c8098 must’ve been a wiring 1807d9acea problem… and the water ac1e0824da sound, maybe it came 13431b2ea0 from the neighboring room?’8ed0f365ab7149ef
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He was piecing a9f7da5b9e together his theory fe8fea591b while inspecting the bbeae5fde6 bathroom—1ee3533ce0fa7329
Then, inside the af711da63a shower booth, he 12dfd30ccf almost slipped.40f7039e54c3cf1a
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The floor was still 33f007805a wet.8f390432812c4289
“Shit!”49d572bab4301bbb
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He caught himself by ab406c78fe grabbing the shower wall.b4733ec8c445284f
If he had fallen ddd79d12c9 backward, he might’ve seriously 95f0211c68 hurt himself.9ce147edb609c31e
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The close call left 408c07b88c him dizzy.8072dcc9b8a05f3c
Frustrated, he shook 1338035e07 his head and d359b6c390 cursed loudly.9aeb95e5e677db31
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“Damn it! Why the hell is b771f008d5 the floor still wet aa353eb8e5 in here?”6064e12561000eab
While inspecting the 74b8c3eee4 shower floor with b715981035 a curse, he 4516373cd2 noticed something long b6fce84a20 and black under 6018567b3f the sole of 6e2508f772 his shoe.e231d0be91e68693
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‘…Hair?’45fffccee167abc0
It was long 5604e28348 black hair, easily 405c5d17c3 more than two 99b5a28524 hand spans in 32191a4561 length. When he lifted his 02ca4e7165 foot, he realized it 914462ca10 wasn’t just one strand. Wet strands of hair 92dc1eb572 were scattered and stuck 6d69c38eb8 all around the shower c00761ddb9 stall.1dc291f11d74542f
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The sight of the 193a5e0e75 hair clinging like bugs cbfaa5abf6 to the surfaces sent fe03e92b9a a sudden chill down d4623d8791 his spine.06af1a126f71b82e
“This… this 00ded742ee bathroom… hasn’t 9faa03588e been cleaned 00257e583a properly.”5ec958fd5454f41f
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Muttering, he 1a9fc0561a backed out cede3b48d4 of the c9e2dbfc01 shower booth. And as he backed 803f3d9525 out, he came to bb8d20c6e5 a realization.e42db9dfff670c84
“How is there still d735752ed8 moisture on the floor…?”add341f502e2833b
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It was the same 9030c891cf question as earlier, but ee6510c243 the meaning behind it fd61611953 had changed. It wasn’t just cbd8555415 that he hadn’t 7243122277 noticed the floor bbc4d23e25 was wet.f71bc9d7628073e4
‘I’ve been here alone for over two hours now. So how could the shower still be this damp?’7b572af1672c26fb
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It wasn’t like the 4ce4735fdb booth was sealed shut. When he’d 10d282765e first entered 61f7f8cbcc the bathroom, 30d6676fc9 the door ce81a3aa33 had been 6934ff783f wide open. The air was dry. If someone hadn’t used 7a060dc913 the shower just moments 1f1e02081d ago, there was no b8c01c68d4 reason for the floor c53a1b81ee to be wet at 4c4a94020b all.c0cb6e8d1d622669
“No way…”30901f37f6376a51
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He remembered the b52c4cc7f1 loud sound of 8ec5ec53cc water that had eba7b48d74 followed the clicking b7e96ae76f switch.e5fdc87c3dc7e017
‘What if that noise was this?’f78bdf7c88e5b624
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But how 45c5c8a136 could a 8604839398 functioning shower 23509f2147 turn itself 84d05cde8b on and ff4300cda6 off? It defied everything he f428d6b8d0 understood to be possible.34f66546d63dd4e2
As he backed away, 0cc2e26413 running his hand along c5d80bbf34 the wall, his fingers 0d2f34bca1 suddenly touched moisture. Something long 018ad036e0 and thin b4a1c2fb22 tangled beneath 4d445c5ba8 his fingertips…7746c18bde062cb2
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It was hair.8fecc8cabbb5f8c9
“What… what is 9b0b36cb9b this?”f1d708e3c8a8df62
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His mouth went 8ad2eaa38f dry, and his a81ee8dd0c voice shook with 25b10784a2 unease. He followed 0846f7f254 the trail 1857d8b336 of water 002af82910 and hair 28186a0138 with his d38bd1203c eyes. The droplets b0078d2669 and strands e109154461 formed a 97e37f5403 path leading b26b23d173 somewhere. And at e96bb48da8 the end 02554817f7 of it—00355ee167c3c9ea
“Ah.”baef23519626201c
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He exhaled in 796cf401ed a breath that de24ac738d was half a b8630f4b44 gasp. A cold shiver ran 5a4c1e83f5 up his spine.985f888af5739a4b
At the 5642a21def end of 298043877a the trail 2dd58f66f0 was the ebc5da0c0d bathroom’s light 488521e850 switch.5485b5ffffadd042
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He swallowed hard and 7010624b73 bent down to inspect fcfbaab95a it closely. Moments later, a jolt 15d9c96596 like lightning shot through 48d8b39b0c his body. The lightning’s adc342a30d name was a147723050 fear.0139e45b5600221b
There were clear 952ed36a70 signs that someone 6c0390f5c7 had repeatedly, forcefully 128468ec01 pressed the switch. Under the 4e23ebdd12 bright bathroom 96dfa7c7de light, he 03457efe55 could see 47b02ee3ee thick smudges 598149187a and fingerprints 678d917add all over bca6998333 it.9e8464c0f77d20d7
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The sheer tension of 2002c3a7f6 witnessing something unknown constricted d38fc959f7 his throat. He exhaled shakily 33602fcaee and took a 532a31131e step back from 1cd8fc6183 the switch—4fe50c5b64851344
Click!a9aa05a1f777e6a0
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He saw 7953ea9bc3 it with 587e7830ab his own 992bbd58e6 eyes. The switch was 55d92ac4d3 pressed down on 0d3e36ce41 its own, and f4a0e58227 the light turned 55095a034f off.92767a6956b241e2
“Gah!”3506af944673efd4
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He stumbled 5756ef4a84 back a d3e35b68ef step. He couldn’t believe 8eef777581 what he was 0270710bcf seeing.250cbc8410c97c30
Click, click, click.ae301827ce332691
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The switch began fa56a55bb5 to move by b941634e47 itself, turning the 94cde9d1b0 light on, off, cb723c2f73 then on again. He stood 6f6a163af9 frozen, watching d64b9495a6 the scene afefe007e5 as if 5d13e6f6d6 possessed.e0654d126848503e
Then the 497aafe477 speed picked c315aa783c up.acd755ed76081619
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Click-click, click-click-click-click.9da336c577718acc
Click, click-click-click-click-click-click-click.bbc0c1050bba918c
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It looked like 11d031e29c a beast baring 213d9f26e7 its teeth, threatening ebe4b7c2d7 him. If he a393516a30 didn’t get 92a121fbc8 out right 3c40e598c7 now, he b8ddbea371 felt like 5de0dfc349 he’d come 42177c74ac face to 4a9909d078 face with 65740747a6 something horrific.9ebe11580072630c