You know that feeling when you wake up in the middle of the night and something just feels off?
That’s how it started for me. It was 2:07 a.m. The house was silent, but it didn’t feel empty. I stayed still, listening. Then I heard it. A small sound. Like something shifting in the house.
I live alone.
I got up with my phone and turned on the flashlight. Everything looked normal at first. But then I noticed the back door was locked. The window… wasn’t.
It was open.
A cold draft moved through