Whispers from the Wall

I called my landlord first thing. I asked if there was maybe a crawlspace or some gap between

my unit and the neighbor’s. He got weirdly quiet and said, “There’s no space

between those walls. They’re flush.” My neighbor wasn’t even home that night—she works nights.

So it wasn’t her. I went back to my apartment after work… and noticed something new.

My bedroom rug was slightly lifted in one corner. Underneath, the hardwood had

scratch marks. Long. Thin. And they were coming from inside the

wall… outward. That’s when I decided to set up a camera. I placed the camera facing the wall,

hit record, and left my apartment for four hours. When I got back, the camera wasn’t