chapter 4
This time.
He searched around.
Finally, beneath the corpse.
He found the Phone that had been vibrating all along.
He paused for a couple of seconds, as if puzzled how he had missed checking under the corpse when looking for the Phone earlier.
When he bent down to pick up the Phone, he didn’t turn on the light.
He couldn’t see me Under the Bed.
He hung up the call.
Cursing under his breath.
Then he turned on the light in the room, and the mattress above me suddenly sank as he plopped back down on the bed.
I let out a sigh of relief.
It seemed, for now, I was safe.