The Last Stop Loop

On a long night drive, barely able to keep my eyes open, I stopped at a lonely

gas station marked Last stop for 70 miles. Inside, the clerk looked

shaken and slipped me a note warning that I was being followed and not to return to my

car. He showed me a monitor with a dark figure standing beside my vehicle,

but when I looked outside, nothing was there. He claimed people who leave at night

are later found dead. As I stayed, I noticed the security footage was looping,

and the truth became clear—the danger wasn’t outside. I found evidence of his victims and

escaped before sunrise, but as I fled, I glanced back at the monitor and saw the figure standing