Dead Silence Beside Me

I knew I was gonna die once everything went dead silent. I was driving home late at night,

empty road, no lights— when my car suddenly shut off. No engine.

No headlights. No phone signal. Just darkness… and the sound of footsteps outside my door.

I locked the car and held my breath. The steps stopped right next to me. Then a hand pressed

against the window. Slow. Deliberate. My car jolted back to life out of nowhere.

I didn’t look back—I slammed the gas and drove. I never found out who it was.

But I learned something that night— fear isn’t loud… it waits quietly beside you.