"28.09.2023 00:12: It is near. I can feel its breath through the thin blanket. I curl up and close my eyes tightly, gripping my head with my hands. It doesn't touch me. It breathes and sniffs me from head to toe. Just don't let the blanket slip.
29.09.2023 07:30: It turned on the water in the bathroom again. I lie in bed, covering my head. Scared to move. I don't feel its presence nearby.
8:01: The water is still running. I listen carefully. No footsteps, no breathing.
8:08: I need to close the tap, or else we'll flood the first floor. And I have to go to school.
It all started after my mother's death. The night after the funeral, my father sent me to bed and went to work. He always worked for several days in a row, and I hardly knew him since childhood. Even on the first - the scariest - night without my mother, he couldn't stay with me.
I recently turned fourteen. I considered myself too old for a nightlight. So it was dark in the room. I didn't hope to fall asleep, and I didn't ha...
29.09.2023 07:30: It turned on the water in the bathroom again. I lie in bed, covering my head. Scared to move. I don't feel its presence nearby.
8:01: The water is still running. I listen carefully. No footsteps, no breathing.
8:08: I need to close the tap, or else we'll flood the first floor. And I have to go to school.
It all started after my mother's death. The night after the funeral, my father sent me to bed and went to work. He always worked for several days in a row, and I hardly knew him since childhood. Even on the first - the scariest - night without my mother, he couldn't stay with me.
I recently turned fourteen. I considered myself too old for a nightlight. So it was dark in the room. I didn't hope to fall asleep, and I didn't ha...
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