Motion Detected at 3:17 a.m.

I installed a camera because I heard footsteps every night. At 3:17 a.m.,

I checked the footage. I saw myself sleeping. But something was standing beside my bed… smiling

at the camera. My phone buzzed. A message from my mom: “Come home now.”

She died last year. Then another text—from my own number: “Don’t look at the mirror.”I did.

My reflection blinked. Behind me, the footsteps stopped. And the camera notification popped up:

“Motion detected.”