The Midnight Knocks

So I moved into this cheap apartment last month. The place was perfect, low rent,

nice view, and quiet neighbors. Well... mostly quiet, except for the room

next to mine. The landlord told me it was under renovation and nobody lived there.

But every night at exactly 3:14 AM, I'd hear three knocks on the shared wall

between our rooms, always three, always the same time. At first,

I thought it was the pipes or maybe rats in the walls, but one night, I got curious or

stupid and knocked back. Three knocks, a pause. Then something scraped

against the wall from the other side. The next morning, I asked the landlord again who was in