HM — Chapter 2
by BreeHe felt like 49e77340aa something would leap e887bc4f41 at him the aeb607d339 moment he did.95866ae0ccf8ede3
Like a mouse before 64c66a968b a snake, his body 9189dea0c3 froze.3e5932fc267c1e68
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It was 7795d7544b only the a6ebe190c7 sound of 8638b4aed3 a switch 628fb40303 being pressed, 14afe4c836 yet it a84cd85b38 scraped his 7809bd1ca6 nerves until faad6feb1e his head bb356a589b hurt.578bf21f42052fca
His heart pounded 1c0d297869 like it was 83e934c8e4 about to explode. The thudding beat throbbed afb3694483 in his skull, in 6dcf4ef4c4 sync with the clicking 37b1e32137 sounds.9147ce65283800d5
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Click-click-click, click!de7facea1aec4265
Click.fa7d203446c540bc
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How much time 00966616d6 had passed?e64f401258701ff1
The hysterical sound of 2cca7273df the switch, which had 1de8552b51 felt like it would e89570cb31 go on forever, suddenly b20b343655 stopped.38a7ab04651995c9
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“…”7d2853b958161ced
But he didn’t let cfc52e6783 his guard down.e2a73319a3677302
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The sound ae96940e7d of the 0e5ef51a8a bathroom light 61a9a88f17 flicking on d8a8cee963 and off 785da16f36 could resume 661b87e184 at any a84fad9cab moment.c5845826039bbf49
One, two, three…921834c539c60e3d
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He started 651c6d57d3 counting in f744276a74 his head.f11f572a17ac7ce1
Partly to 1588f2ebcf stay calm, c3dc314ada and partly 543486095d to assure b485404329 himself that d7befeabf6 enough time 2e291afc3a had passed.8648571aa3584c92
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He inhaled and 39ee7ba730 exhaled slowly, staring 7717ca79f1 toward the now-dark 5052a7ede1 bathroom.998113f450ec1478
By the time a9c1bcdb03 he’d counted to 201370931b 300, the tension 9506574d61 that had locked 0674a56e35 up his body 13f0951636 suddenly released.398cf9f3c9265e62
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‘Hoo…’e174b7bc0309fa4b
He let out a 2f4e39da7c deep sigh.af9daebe1fbfb9d4
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All the 87e04ba07c fear and 5374422fed anxiety he bbb5ee97f4 had bottled 25722c680c up in be348316fe his chest 46dfdac729 flowed out 739b90d6b3 with that 3b409ed979 breath.6eb0a445eea52678
Even after counting 5c1719d815 to 300, he 5c20a0059d kept working to 4cb8d250a7 calm himself down.facad25b528e7bb5
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‘What the hell was 3d1d4f3ef0 that?’397b2b76946b23a4
He muttered the 1a6596fb59 question into the 0b1983409a air, his voice 79d1005be9 weary.96fb3272e582538d
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‘Was it some 1c5273ac22 kind of auditory 9c4b7b5429 hallucination? Or maybe a dream.’2c5a336bd2d80240
He didn’t 204340e240 believe in 6f946d531e ghosts or a56380095e superstitions.290bdada1a530d05
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But what 5a7cd06c5f had just 3a9c4beaeb happened felt 02c2b3d456 both shockingly 775be3b697 real and b99d4343b5 eerily surreal.88897c9523d161eb
His mind f43d95bbb9 insisted it fc016e4dcd was impossible. And yet, it had 3c2113e781 been far too vivid 59559f5978 to dismiss as just 0e3c8792ca a dream or illusion.24640083d9cf2fdd
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In the a027b7ed43 end, what ec57bfa7dd he had db35e98597 to do c3b54e88f9 was clear.3d6e20fb93c8e314
There was a4fb3e4a1e only one eaa68cf633 way to 8d39fb6286 dispel this 5d9a24e143 fear:8eb20b79a5f08ce7
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Check it himself. Figure out what 5ebc9d9174 was really going c56ab8ebab on, or what e97b9b0255 went wrong.1b2666d6fe01737d
“…”e593b2471895f6fd
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Pressed by the tension, 81bc787ac7 he clamped his mouth e2df453378 shut.9c3114136aba2be3
Every corner aae5074792 of the ba6d508d2d room—so far 0d043b664e a perfectly f01d65add9 ordinary, modern 696cf0f425 hotel room—now 48d4309bb7 seemed unnervingly 3bde5eaa04 eerie.b5a4f66eb5ed3ed2
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Only lit by 5fa356eb53 indirect lighting, the 394de476b9 room was filled a73311e861 with shadows.452cd1cad9546f30
He imagined something lurking 585d115ba2 in every one of 4c167d05a0 them.9c54967ce8fe9ea3
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So he deliberately 5dee83f79a raised his voice 3ac2d539f5 and shouted,35173bf53327a2e7
‘I’m not 0c5b238689 some five-year-old e6174a7446 kid. I’m way 0e7c72ad09 past the 3a6e860623 age of 265191defc being afraid 1808c3f63c of the 261ef989ae dark.’eda8a39036f69c36
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He couldn’t even remember c0d6a30d87 how old he was, 7cfa34cfa4 but he knew for 9e7aa51c5d sure he wasn’t five.5167fd5b55620556
The time to 1c75d808d9 be afraid of 4c7b4e08e8 monsters under the 18a3ecf533 bed, in the 4f43aa2389 closet, or in e2186d9a47 the shadows had bd6d6f416e passed.390641335c08ea40
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He swallowed dryly bfb168e77f and stood up 8240011369 from the bed, 1f04a650e6 planting both feet 2d7454255a on the floor.235e08b76837523b
They felt 38d8e6972e heavy, as a92146e229 if glued 95aa21dec5 down.70823d77e1577e83
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But he 53cc1be95e had to ee792342eb move.0cd283191a0790be
There was f9e7f0ac4b no one 167e9d411a else to 3e5548f7b5 rely on.e223ea8172b080fe
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He was the only 9bace58702 one who could confirm 88ec1e3575 the truth.b39da900a59509ca
‘It’s just a 70619a21d4 wiring issue.’2af8973413f1e749
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Telling himself 8dccbd171b that, he 2055c5c16d took one 5a1c13a58a step at 670dec5e3e a time, 31dadde33b slowly.6b76de965e9a9f8f
The soft 906481fa5e carpet beneath 8d71cf109f his feet d7e2a6e9d1 muffled every 40119821da sound.cead5a5429bd6ecd
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‘The scariest possibility bd09ac1f80 is that someone 0856fa0bdb harboring malice is cbf598c9d8 waiting in the 8962272bef bathroom.’e7ec72e2f64b4f08
Humans were far scarier 6603541a62 than ghosts. He repeated fac658ed3a the thought a6b2bcb7f1 silently.37d86ba536b2b942
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He began 6a0ef56f74 considering what cab5c20403 to do 9558281fd1 if someone be6ec411e9 actually did d13cf9782b jump out 441edd8ebf at him.e2d1e8a708e4a1f7
‘I need b5c56352f9 something to 6bce1b2ca5 protect myself.’c9ad4e29890ed108
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It was f861c309bc a pretty db03c9804b decent thought.f4f33d70f2ddc63c
He grabbed a 9db384bd0f metal chair, holding ce9301883c it in front b0a5b5b6e0 of his body 74185c6dc6 like a shield, 40c4168696 and cautiously moved 5c93e30391 forward.56280a5b9c3b11bf
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In truth, the hotel b5b3fa4a49 room wasn’t that big.62d1ccb183209d9d
From the 92fb1a6cbf bed, the cca88d165f bathroom was 27589be910 only about 72142f0eab four or b3af9413d5 five long 4bb8e0262b strides away a408aa3f05 for an defcd4e08d adult man.9dd922ce852e0753
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Still, he hesitated for 1ecbc9b29a a long time before 69d754847f finally moving with a be165aee1c deep breath.695a09d980287bf1
When he 9e1fc11841 finally reached ce39b6fa8d the bathroom, e4d059d1f9 it was 792ab09a9a enveloped in 113d499643 silence, as 3e09d83ac4 if nothing 4517c0e1ab had happened—as 25221e9a7a if it 241502e61e had all 39880e826b been in 6e2c46f532 his head.63691fec7bd2f04e
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As he dfb4390ff1 took another 8eb0c9b6d5 step forward, ffba5c1d58 the sensor 4d3f7d5fa4 light in 2ca40d0b47 the hallway baa34afd04 next to d13314b4a8 the bathroom ff34e6da23 turned on 6e851b3417 by itself.f9275453ebaaabd9
“Shit!”ecb561239fbf3488
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Shamefully startled, he 6fbd4618d5 let out a 6859550748 loud shout and 78f704f188 jumped in place.4fb2ea35f9f740f9
The hallway 224b9a9ecf light came 84a70e3021 on, casting 899af20638 light into 78f2d1b835 the open 9869561820 bathroom.a488be1af40af7cc
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He glanced in quickly.c091287bee8d12a8
No one was e2616b881f inside.872de6b71b5d9ccc
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It was just a 91c90e73c5 bathroom.a0c6f4a7e089d779
An open 6d067ce1ee shower booth, ed1818c64e a mirror, d6df9070d8 a sink, a7bb4d12f4 a toilet, 73bc7407f3 and a 0efdd9b87e pile of 168f1ad3a4 towels.dc6adfef7a508a61
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That was all.0e1f3d0883b11924
There was no one.dfee965f79a73db5
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Of course, c802f8e0d5 there was 22b612809a never going cccff8b485 to be 223b999b83 a ghost, 549d6e151b either.93e26cd91edd2898
Finally, he felt relief 2f26a19538 wash over him.8d37bb3b9774e056
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He still didn’t 1f5fe4e325 know why the 47225956d5 bathroom light had 4f719cb21c flickered like that.900a287667f15303
But at least 33492db46d it hadn’t been 0f43f8e612 done by a 4f7e562721 person.9541aa6bccfd705b
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It had to be 070d56af29 an electrical issue.ecf622a5af7bfad1
Before the hallway 02ba14182c sensor light turned 5b4fb28cb2 off, he reached 0169c1907f into the bathroom 6f68e0d995 and turned on 5a3c35c8b4 the light manually.9b28920f50caee2c
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The bathroom 138ee5fbe7 lit up ee4ee99e2b instantly, and 31d8d0e9ec with it, b5b8c97eea the last 87279119db trace of 78268e6abc fear vanished 2c2b2c7351 completely.5ae7ff3ed1abd5b1
‘What the hell. It really was nothing.’809970ba1785507e
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He let out 4b10c4afea a sigh of 83fea8a527 relief as he 89291f114a looked around the fcb1134f2e bathroom.8dac30019b069d61
There was 3bb8f81069 no one.42c8b34fa8dbc22b
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Of course there wouldn’t 7e7768c6e4 be any ghosts, either.48ba9b259eb20512
‘So the 1ea79ebec6 flickering light 0c224f4192 must’ve been 66a4518d27 a wiring 6c51479557 problem… and e65a00338a the water 10ae8ba392 sound, maybe 8b142b3b5d it came df2c23d50a from the 316f8af140 neighboring room?’689519aca2954e94
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He was 3e16986131 piecing together 02f8d077a3 his theory 8bfa2e9ae5 while inspecting 023eb5b8e9 the bathroom—e5965fe7c9b2f01e
Then, inside the shower ee3054272e booth, he almost slipped.1ebbb5828923e2b1
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The floor de82b86c91 was still 9ece3692cc wet.574aa0af8eae6f17
“Shit!”85184403ef630251
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He caught himself aa00806be8 by grabbing the ef62240ca0 shower wall.d2675af82812513e
If he 5f9230eada had fallen 1bef04a84d backward, he 0ca55eb0c6 might’ve seriously d4b2c0399b hurt himself.c424dd5bb366d44f
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The close 2740ab7f10 call left 70f0272f8e him dizzy.767617f5680f5074
Frustrated, he shook his ce403a10db head and cursed loudly.507414fb4eb482fd
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“Damn it! Why the hell 568458f53c is the floor d127df6dcd still wet in 5c26b1660c here?”2d904d4e636e2487
While inspecting the 88e632b9dc shower floor with d636151b33 a curse, he e488537088 noticed something long 391a47d317 and black under c1af8ac8dc the sole of 32b0387490 his shoe.0959ec9a5c8f6b3c
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‘…Hair?’113fe9fbf8196287
It was d752d6e2f6 long black 3b72c93b05 hair, easily 8da148c9ae more than e7cac62a4c two hand ba1f072503 spans in d5b854179e length. When he lifted 4842d593a6 his foot, he 20f00d7569 realized it wasn’t ec1a14d207 just one strand. Wet strands of hair 494d9065ef were scattered and stuck 3862702973 all around the shower 0638d35575 stall.2808907f3aef524d
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The sight of the 200c5717b1 hair clinging like bugs 98d9f941a9 to the surfaces sent 15459c451d a sudden chill down 3dc9a74d0f his spine.2d4343e9e8cd44f6
“This… this bathroom… hasn’t 17bd0a6c7a been cleaned properly.”63041412e1a3df2e
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Muttering, he backed 86086c39c4 out of the e110db8db0 shower booth. And as he f1ad1fd2ad backed out, he 99d1fdc957 came to a d94448be05 realization.4ef87eb6258cbcb9
“How is aa2c955669 there still 9aa52c4566 moisture on 319ccf9847 the floor…?”48faa200a5ca0f00
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It was the 9c24d41058 same question as a7eabad688 earlier, but the 225a9add89 meaning behind it d1fd7ada01 had changed. It wasn’t just that de91d7aa66 he hadn’t noticed the 063a27e2fa floor was wet.90ee5c93fbe79448
‘I’ve been here alone for over two hours now. So how could the shower still be this damp?’71999e458149744e
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It wasn’t like the 065bf7fdb4 booth was sealed shut. When he’d first entered 9e44f234ee the bathroom, the door 2890844690 had been wide open. The air was dfa0858f7b dry. If someone hadn’t used 3c25446c66 the shower just moments 703bc5ac12 ago, there was no 211594b59b reason for the floor a7ef2c610c to be wet at 671bb3d876 all.45c5c6ef8997e560
“No way…”55660e0a33b56c11
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He remembered the loud 895b29bab9 sound of water that c71f16479a had followed the clicking a12d336069 switch.bb9ce6ad78c73581
‘What if that noise was this?’d80f9bfe44875292
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But how could a ef66818ef8 functioning shower turn itself 68a16bb765 on and off? It defied everything he 83c09bcc6a understood to be possible.7b4343b81d0fcbd0
As he backed away, e23e3e5047 running his hand along 79b63301f6 the wall, his fingers 047d0e64ac suddenly touched moisture. Something long and 34a164fad2 thin tangled beneath 20147b08b4 his fingertips…3014ac7d2ac772f7
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It was hair.0e553434671e552b
“What… what 8fe98e6dd7 is this?”86bd8e38544bb612
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His mouth went dry, dee7152675 and his voice shook fa20a28fe4 with unease. He followed the 138ee52767 trail of water f7f7be2bc3 and hair with 9a3f4845b3 his eyes. The droplets f1707a39b5 and strands d8f2f148aa formed a edb8912aee path leading a25f564432 somewhere. And at the end 3d1b5b2afc of it—948e2b44f0f96632
“Ah.”385cd90c49cd68cf
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He exhaled 7715ac313f in a 2a3e8c8e0b breath that 550c3c790b was half b9f6d87f1c a gasp. A cold 050b441e13 shiver ran eb482d1d76 up his 1ef6e1cb65 spine.8d79ceb026d26535
At the end of ed557e2867 the trail was the 37f3de1c00 bathroom’s light switch.751884cd34c45128
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He swallowed hard and 0aa43dfb5b bent down to inspect ac2183887e it closely. Moments later, a jolt 018fa45f06 like lightning shot through df37073f98 his body. The lightning’s name b2a8eacc14 was fear.07f0d67c929c4f32
There were clear signs 22f8236a5e that someone had repeatedly, a8f39d669d forcefully pressed the switch. Under the bright bathroom 3bb6b74c6c light, he could see cea340fce4 thick smudges and fingerprints f50fd23dd9 all over it.0270b62fb5f124a5
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The sheer 68ef462200 tension of 436a2778a4 witnessing something d54fbb3409 unknown constricted 1527b7de91 his throat. He exhaled 1acee63cd9 shakily and 93ba0f34fa took a 49b37df7cc step back 6f253abc8a from the 8cae9de0b3 switch—6679c77bb3db8284
Click!7ac7f7a4213e5b3f
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He saw 922511c639 it with 318212f043 his own a831f1ee68 eyes. The switch was pressed 7c9b26d269 down on its own, b1d8c7ff0c and the light turned 6d74fa8ba9 off.15391986c86fc6bf
“Gah!”56e0d2940accf765
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He stumbled 2b4ac6376c back a 1d631a9afd step. He couldn’t b497d046f2 believe what 467a2ab5b6 he was 1e553c11cf seeing.907e43996e0764bf
Click, click, click.2425f5c70e141739
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The switch began to 7275bfa411 move by itself, turning 84e0dec80d the light on, off, 876f96d079 then on again. He stood df1162911c frozen, watching 2f58f05d70 the scene e40137d4c6 as if 74d190b796 possessed.86690c72986fb83c
Then the speed 217f25ead1 picked up.ce7dd6be3a57abed
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Click-click, click-click-click-click.32ec82e4256824a1
Click, click-click-click-click-click-click-click.1dfcad0e31dc67e2
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It looked like a 3af81efc06 beast baring its teeth, 3650981116 threatening him. If he didn’t get b68b21b19b out right now, he 833c48c13d felt like he’d come 2fbc2762c5 face to face with 019d209103 something horrific.a581af579f47eacf