A Man Hides In My House

FATHER

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First our food would go missing...

then my daughter couldn't find our dog...

then I couldn't find my daughter.

There's a man hiding in my house and no one believes me.

He only comes out at night, and we never hear him.

The police searched, and we searched, and no one found anything.

Tore the whole house apart.

But as soon as it turns dark...

he crawls out.

And tonight, he's come for me.

MOTHER

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I wake up to an empty bed, rub my eyes.

"Mike?..."

The door's open. It wasn't last night.

"Mike?"

My stomach locks, breath tightens...

I put a tip toe on the floor, then a foot...

I feel monsters watch me from beneath the bed.

"MIKE!..."

He wouldn't leave me like this. 

Mike's gone... and now, he watches me-

I bolt out the door and down the steps, into the morning light.

My neighbors spot me, rush towards me as I ball my eyes out.

They ask me what's wrong, I can't stop crying to tell them.

I look up to my bedroom window:

the silhouette of a man watches me.

He raises his hand-

and waves to me.