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It started with a notification. 2:17 AM. Just a random vibration on the nightstand that woke me up. I didn’t even remember falling asleep. The room was completely dark, that heavy kind of silence where you can hear your own breathing. I checked my phone. No new messages. No missed calls. Nothing. I…

It started with a notification. 2:17 AM. Just a random vibration on the nightstand that woke me up. I didn’t even remember falling asleep. The room was completely dark, that heavy kind of silence where you can hear your own breathing. I checked my phone. No new messages. No missed calls. Nothing. I figured it was one of those ghost vibrations and was about to put the phone down when I noticed something weird—the camera app was open. I definitely hadn’t opened it. And it wasn’t just open… it was