Texts From Myself: Don’t Open the Door

Got Texts From Myself Warning Me Not to Open the Door I woke up at 2:43 a.m. to a text from

my own phone number that said, “Don’t answer the door.” I thought it was a glitch

until I heard three slow knocks echo through my apartment. My phone buzzed again: “That’s not

me outside.” I stayed frozen in bed, staring at my locked bedroom door while the knocking moved

closer, stopping right outside my apartment. I checked my hallway camera and saw someone

standing there, perfectly still, with their face just out of view. Another message

came in: “It knows you’re awake.” The doorknob began to turn, painfully slowly,

and my phone vibrated one last time: “If it speaks, don’t respond.” I didn’t open the