The Hallway Watcher

Three nights ago, my home security app sent me a motion alert at 2:14 AM The alert said it

came from my hallway camera... except I’ve never installed a hallway camera

When I opened the feed, it showed a dark hallway shaking like someone was

breathing near the lens I blinked, refreshed— and the camera vanished

from my system entirely The next night, the camera came back… with someone standing in the

hallway At 3:07 AM, another alert: “Motion detected in: Hallway.”

This time, a woman stood at the far end Back turned Head tilted like

she was listening to something I checked my real hallway—dark and empty