The House-Sitting Countdown

I got a mysterious delivery package I never ordered. No return address, just my name misspelled

on the label. Inside was a polaroid of my front door taken from my driveway. My blood went cold.

I lived alone and my driveway has a gate. Two days later, another package

arrived. This one contained a single house key and a note saying "you dropped this."

I never dropped any key. All mine were accounted for. I changed my locks

immediately. Third package came at midnight. I heard it thud against my door.

Inside was a photo of me sleeping in my bed, taken from the corner of my bedroom.

Someone had been inside my house while I slept. I called the police but the packages