Trr! Trrr—!
The ring of the phone echoed sharply through the house, the sound bouncing off the walls and ceiling as it spread in every direction.
In the heavy silence, it seemed far louder than it should have been, each chime lingering in the air and reverberating through the living room as my eyes eventually fell on what looked to be a landline.
'How is it ringing? This shouldn't be possible.'
At heart, I already knew that this was the work of something sinister.
Trr! Trrr—!
The real question was, where did everyone else go?
I had seen them all enter.
And yet—
'Wait.'
A thought suddenly struck me. Did they all really enter?
My mind suddenly drifted back to Paul. To the way his death had come out of nowhere, and to Seraphine's cold reaction afterward. She had always struck me as a cold person, but even so, I hadn't expected her to be that cold.
Perhaps...
"Ha."
I suddenly laughed, realizing what had happened.
Trr! Trrr—!
