Here’s a tighter, more realistic one with a stronger creep factor and cliffhanger:
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I was driving to my parents’ place late at night when I got a call from my wife.
She was already there. She’d gone ahead earlier.
I answered, and she immediately whispered, “Are you still on the road?”
I said yeah, about 20 minutes out.
She goes, “Okay… stay on the line. Someone just tried to get into the house.”
My stomach dropped. I asked if she called the police.
She said, “Not yet. I thought it was