The message at midnight
238 Words
Adah had always believed her life was normal—until the night everything changed.
It was exactly 12:03 a.m. when her phone buzzed.
She sat up slowly on her bed, her heart beating faster than usual. Everyone in the house was asleep. The room was dark except for the faint light from her phone screen.
Unknown Number.
She hesitated.
Then she opened the message.
“Adah, they know what you did.”
Her breath caught.
“What did I do?” she whispered to herself.
Another message came in immediately.
“Don’t trust anyone. Not even your family.”
A sudden chill ran down her spine.
Before she could think, her phone rang.
Same number.
Her hands trembled as she picked up.
“Hello?” she said softly.
Silence.
Then a faint whisper came through the speaker…
“Run.”
The call ended.
Adah jumped up from her bed, her heart pounding loudly in her chest. Something was wrong—terribly wrong.
Just then, she heard a sound.
A soft creak.
Her door… slowly opening.
She froze.
“Who’s there?” she called, her voice shaking.
No answer.
The door opened wider.
But there was no one there.
Suddenly, the lights went off.
Total darkness.
Adah screamed.
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