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Last night my parents went out of town. I had the whole house to myself. Around midnight, I was in my room watching videos. Everything was quiet… until I heard something downstairs. It sounded like… plates moving. At first, I thought maybe the cat was in the kitchen. But then I remembered… We d…

Last night my parents went out of town. I had the whole house to myself. Around midnight, I was in my room watching videos. Everything was quiet… until I heard something downstairs. It sounded like… plates moving. At first, I thought maybe the cat was in the kitchen. But then I remembered… We don’t have a cat. The sound came again. A slow scrape… like someone sliding a chair across the floor. I grabbed my phone and slowly opened my bedroom door. The hallway was dark. The kitchen light was