Voicemail From Three Days Ahead

I found a voicemail on my phone that I never received. It was timestamped three days in the

future. At first I thought it was a glitch—until I pressed play and heard my own voice,

shaking, begging me not to open the door no matter what happens. Behind my voice,

someone was knocking. Slow. Patient. I checked my front door.

Nothing. The voicemail cut out mid-sentence, right as my voice whispered,

“It’s learning how to—” My phone locked itself. And that’s when

someone knocked on my door.