The Call I Shouldn’t Have Answered
At exactly 3:03 AM…
my phone rang.
Unknown number.
I stared at it, half asleep.
Who calls at 3 AM?
It stopped.
I put my phone down…
Then—
it rang again.
Same number.
I don’t know why…
but this time, I answered.
“Hello?”
Nothing.
Just static.
I was about to hang up—
when I heard it.
Breathing.
Slow…
uneven…
right into the mic.
I froze.
“Who is this?” I asked.
The breathing stopped.
Completely.
Then—
a voice.
My voice.
“Don’t hang up.