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At exactly 11:47 p.m., Daniel’s phone began to ring. The screen displayed a number he didn’t recognize. No name.No country code he knew.Just ten unfamiliar
There was something unsettling about the man who lived across the street. Every night, at exactly the same time, he appeared at his upstairs window
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