“Why are you sleeping here?” Asked Terrence, a slightly97Please respect copyright.PENANATRhbelVaF2
larger-sized man with white hair and an uneven beard. His tiny eyes stared down97Please respect copyright.PENANAuITm4LC81r
at Aaron speculatively.
Aaron yawned, unwrapped his tiny blanket, and stretched. “My97Please respect copyright.PENANAxITcf8yZnm
bed didn’t feel comfortable.”
“You crazy bastard.” The man snorted, then plopped down by97Please respect copyright.PENANAAfEOXvhebu
Aaron’s feet, nearly crushing them. “I heard some cray person tried to break in97Please respect copyright.PENANACR8JeRxU0K
last night and here you are sleeping by the front door.”
Aaron didn’t think it’d be wise to bring up the fact that he97Please respect copyright.PENANAeVFXBmyIVR
wasn’t as scared of the knocking as he was of the ghost haunting his room. One thing97Please respect copyright.PENANAoh9rtoWvCM
he did know was that he’d never sleep comfortably again. “I don’t suppose you’d97Please respect copyright.PENANA1ifMJeMYBd
like to trade rooms, would you?”
“Hell no. Todd and I already have our room set the way we97Please respect copyright.PENANAHa7Yp1VQYc
like it. Plus, I doubt he’d appreciate everything getting moved around.”
Aaron sighed. His own bedroom faced their neighbor’s house,97Please respect copyright.PENANAQoOtKNvpB9
giving him a clear view of their bathroom, thus he usually had his curtains97Please respect copyright.PENANA597kIdoCXj
closed in case anyone accused him of spying.
“Incoming!”
“Huh?” Aaron didn’t have time to escape before Terrence97Please respect copyright.PENANA6YVdaZ63lR
leaned over and ripped a whole basket of rotten eggs on him. “UGH! Gross!” He frantically97Please respect copyright.PENANApbwIQkDg3K
waved at the air, sputtering and scrambling away from the nauseating gas cloud.
“I warned ya,” Terrence smirked, snatching up the remote and97Please respect copyright.PENANAQcdiRuWZSt
turning on the television.
Eyes watering, Aaron wheezed. “No you did not!” Before97Please respect copyright.PENANAKYogGfKXCh
heading back upstairs to take a shower.
His room didn’t seem quite as scary now since Caleb only97Please respect copyright.PENANAjnmN5KKCdJ
showed up around midnight. In hindsight, that should probably have been a sign97Please respect copyright.PENANAwWr10Ahz9l
that something odd was going on. At least now he understood how the guy never97Please respect copyright.PENANAUPbcy4Ywkw
made the door creak.
Aaron tried to do a little more research on Caleb but was97Please respect copyright.PENANApjtbTeW2XV
only able to pull up a bunch of missing person reports. The only thing that the97Please respect copyright.PENANAT2Pn7ArBzU
articles mentioned was that he had disappeared one night after work. Since then,97Please respect copyright.PENANAzm6w0eyJyg
there were no leads as to where he went or what happened.
The case was still open and one of the theories was that he97Please respect copyright.PENANAX75cLywwwi
had run low on money and skipped town, which would have been a nice sentiment97Please respect copyright.PENANAYWFVu7GWel
if his ghost wasn’t haunting Aaron’s bedroom.
In other words, Caleb was dead, and no one knew it.
Remembering all the horror films he had ever watched, Aaron97Please respect copyright.PENANAeT0PLYvX6c
went through a plethora of theories on what may have happened and where he was97Please respect copyright.PENANAFq8UcHVXG8
now.
Were his remains buried somewhere nearby? Like under the97Please respect copyright.PENANAdtDC2t0jOz
house or in the yard? Or worse, was his body sealed away behind the walls? If97Please respect copyright.PENANANVs5zG14DG
he was in the walls, then he’d most likely be in the walls of his bedroom…
Aaron shivered.
When he moved in with a group of virtual strangers, he understood97Please respect copyright.PENANA5HYu9oztmU
there was a high likelihood that some of them would be oddballs, but he97Please respect copyright.PENANAFPbP19AYoh
certainly did not expect one of them to be dead!
He considered going to the police about this but was struck97Please respect copyright.PENANAcDG9KGfppp
by the gravity of the situation. It wasn’t like he could just waltz up and tell97Please respect copyright.PENANATKM8sd9Cew
them that he knew one of their missing persons was in fact, dead. He’d get into97Please respect copyright.PENANA07ducjn7gy
trouble and will get questioned on how he knew that.
Yeah. No. He preferred his freedom to getting locked up,97Please respect copyright.PENANAp231bOvr7w
thank you.
That didn’t satisfy his curiosity though. He wanted to know97Please respect copyright.PENANAiETt3OzaSA
what happened to Caleb. Even if he was a ghost, he seemed like a nice guy. At97Please respect copyright.PENANAhDOAWFXY3x
the very least, his family should know what happened to him.
Aaron decided he would try something tonight. Caleb was97Please respect copyright.PENANAKKEKHs7R3v
easygoing, so if he showed up again, maybe he could ask the ghost himself?
He tried asking his roommates first, but none of them had97Please respect copyright.PENANAwhf15ixo69
any additional information. He felt like something was about Caleb’s case because97Please respect copyright.PENANA4s77winLkN
there was very little information posted online. It was like the news outlets hadn’t97Please respect copyright.PENANAfZC7WnAVcP
found his story interesting enough to report anything consistent. Then again,97Please respect copyright.PENANAKt4IIVEk71
people went missing everyday and the guy lived alone, so maybe his family hadn’t97Please respect copyright.PENANAso6bErps6s
raised enough fuss for the media to consider the story interesting?
That night, he sat hugging his body pillow, waiting for the97Please respect copyright.PENANAipQCVoAbIU
apparition to appear. It was still unsettling to see that the corner of the97Please respect copyright.PENANAXdbwJ3vvHh
room was empty now. He half-expected the bed to appear out of nowhere or97Please respect copyright.PENANAyD5WNA7ART
something whenever he blinked. Soon, he grew sleepy, and his eyes began to97Please respect copyright.PENANAURN306FUs5
close. A few times he’d jerk back awake as he struggled to stay conscious, but97Please respect copyright.PENANAufAAFi3BWU
eventually, he lost his battle and slumped sideways.
He hadn’t noticed the figure staring at him at the corner of97Please respect copyright.PENANA2kSjBddglr
his room.
When he woke back up, it was light out.
Realizing his plan had failed, he got dressed. Ruffling his hair,97Please respect copyright.PENANAxuBXQLHMtQ
Aaron stumbled out of the room, then paused when the door opened silently.
He stared at the hinge, swinging the door to and fro, trying97Please respect copyright.PENANAdu3spvWGjt
to replicate the shrill squeal it usually emitted.
Did someone finally lubricate the darn thing while he was97Please respect copyright.PENANAkguc8P49RU
sleeping?
Confused but grateful, he made a note to ask the others if97Please respect copyright.PENANA0fjcNPFWWD
they did something. He wouldn’t be surprised since the noise he had made the97Please respect copyright.PENANAh60fLnGVh0
other night had gotten on most of their nerves.
Downstairs he started digging through the cabinets, looking97Please respect copyright.PENANAtLPtuC8vzt
for a quick meal before brainstorming his next compilation video. Maybe he’d97Please respect copyright.PENANAr4XFUZD2mK
put on some special effects makeup and shop around dressed like a zombie? He97Please respect copyright.PENANA77rgxILAPD
could do something cool, like that zipper-face makeup that was popular a while97Please respect copyright.PENANAt3wCKUD8cl
back.
When he realized his box of frosted flakes was gone, he97Please respect copyright.PENANAmxDFZLRKG7
grunted, assuming one of the other guys had decided to help themselves to it97Please respect copyright.PENANANKtS25i62R
and grabbed a Pop-tart instead. Then he turned to find the toaster which was…. Missing?
No wait, it’s over by the fridge now. Who the heck moved97Please respect copyright.PENANAOIagqddYqC
it?
Aaron walked over and noticed that not only was it moved,97Please respect copyright.PENANAUqsAOEZoRL
but it was also brand new with four slots instead of two. Maybe one of the97Please respect copyright.PENANAcb4V3h42tO
others traded it up? Not like he was one to complain. A toaster was a toaster97Please respect copyright.PENANAPcMmvmqFNc
after all.
Popping down the lever, he waited for the tarts to heat up97Please respect copyright.PENANAktxgQ2Oj8P
as he noticed a few other odd things. The biggest one being the living room.
The kitchen and living room were adjoined downstairs, with97Please respect copyright.PENANAxOuminC3v8
nothing but a bar counter separating them so you could look over and watch TV97Please respect copyright.PENANAIfuyo7AySR
while you cooked. However, the TV was situated on the wall to the right, and97Please respect copyright.PENANAAiWSvwvN9H
the couch was made of sleek black leather instead of the ragged brown one that97Please respect copyright.PENANA5OfzpIdJxN
usually sat slumped in the middle of the room.
He also noticed that someone had put magnets all over the97Please respect copyright.PENANAWPSBTW9Jgh
fridge. All of them were little squares with motivational quotes and pictures97Please respect copyright.PENANAUqbmGejQkh
of puppies.
On the wall beside the fridge were an outdated calendar and97Please respect copyright.PENANAVzK1WIiDoG
a blender that he’d never noticed. What’s more, the whole place was way cleaner97Please respect copyright.PENANAtMmj8BcZwc
than it had ever been.
Who the heck redecorated the entire house last night? And97Please respect copyright.PENANAisg7gdgiIj
how did they do it so fast? That TV was bigger than the old one and would have97Please respect copyright.PENANAohzlLStjiv
taken quite a bit of effort to get through the front door.
He started wandering around, noticing even more odd things97Please respect copyright.PENANABWNjcNlpD5
that were clearly out of place. Like the carpet being different, and the walls97Please respect copyright.PENANABHqWzTgEp2
being white instead of beige. Then there was the fact that no one else seemed97Please respect copyright.PENANAzL0uvdjH6l
to be home.
This was a house with 8 men living in it. There was always97Please respect copyright.PENANABwFKvozV8y
at least another person here aside from Aaron. So where are they?
As he wandered, listening closely to see if he could hear97Please respect copyright.PENANASSiHiGf7Mi
any of the guys hiding somewhere, he came to realize he couldn’t hear anything97Please respect copyright.PENANACTVrW2f8h0
at all. What’s more, it was cold, like, really cold throughout the house.97Please respect copyright.PENANArXFxbeLAcx
Someone might have turned the AC too low.
Rubbing his arms, Aaron decided to wander back to his room97Please respect copyright.PENANAyIgGogV8sA
where he once again noticed things were out of place. Namely the fact that his97Please respect copyright.PENANAtbC8UArxpl
bed was now gone and instead, he found the missing spare bed in the corner that97Please respect copyright.PENANAyr8oorSfCk
it had always been in.
Aaron’s pulse begam to race and he backed up until he tripped97Please respect copyright.PENANAbY1RQE7C2w
over the door frame. This had him knocking into a standing floor lamp that wasn’t97Please respect copyright.PENANAGuQKR6NtUv
supposed to be there, and the thing fell over, punching a hole in the drywall97Please respect copyright.PENANA8Copi4NYTP
just beside his bedroom door. Then it crashed to the ground, shattering the bulb97Please respect copyright.PENANA3fmH6wg7yi
into a million pieces.
This isn’t right. None of this is right!
Utterly weirded out, he ran back downstairs and made his way97Please respect copyright.PENANABUcWViGFQj
towards the front door but was stopped abruptly by someone banging on it from97Please respect copyright.PENANAkPTYPPB4kp
the other side. It wasn’t a knocking sound. It was loud, hard and deliberate97Please respect copyright.PENANAsiOO02Y8An
like someone was angry.
Unlike before, this banging did not let up and it continued97Please respect copyright.PENANAbAkEVl46yI
to bang harder and harder, practically shaking the whole door off its hinges.
“Who’s there?” Aaron called.
No response.
“I’m calling the cops!” He shouted, his voice trembling and97Please respect copyright.PENANAlJ7jkPmgZa
his body too terrified to move. “I mean it!”
“Who is it?” Someone asked, causing Aaron to spin around and97Please respect copyright.PENANAtzcIZ70Ffo
find Trevor, eyes wide with fright and glued to the front door.
Suddenly the house went dark and the noise stopped. The old97Please respect copyright.PENANAgTfY5t89Iv
ragged couch and small flat screen were back to where they belonged in the97Please respect copyright.PENANARpJygPE9Se
living room, and wrappers were laying on the counter with shoes tossed aside97Please respect copyright.PENANAff25S155qV
near the main entry.
Doug rounded the corner, looking just as scared. “Dude, was97Please respect copyright.PENANAmZXNQG8rZl
that you banging the door just now?”
“What ?” Aaron asked, confused.
A few of the others started calling from upstairs. “What’s97Please respect copyright.PENANAVBPQJLMkLm
going on?” He recognized that as Todd’s voice.
“Aaron’s banging on the front door!” Doug replied.
“No I wasn’t!” Aaron defended himself. “Someone else was!”
“It’s true.” Trevor agreed. “I was standing behind him while97Please respect copyright.PENANAYTSQAO1U5G
it was happening. It wasn’t Aaron.”
“Are you saying it’s the same crazy bastard from before?”
“Maybe.”
“What the fuck? Why are they knocking on our door?”
Aaron started to check all the windows, wondering where the97Please respect copyright.PENANAEKih0uv4Br
sun had gone. “Hey guys what time is it?”
“1:00 AM” Doug answered.
“That cant be. It was light out a second ago.” Aaron mumbled,97Please respect copyright.PENANAn3YTF2UBZ2
then pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was 1:02 AM. “What the hell’s97Please respect copyright.PENANA6fjQQdH8TO
going on?”
“I’m getting a security camera, that’s what’s going on.” He97Please respect copyright.PENANAA9aQ1u1FZy
heard Todd coming down the stairs, determined. “If whoever is banging at our97Please respect copyright.PENANAIU8tZULgc5
door doesn’t cut it out, I’m getting his ass on video and call the cops on him.”
The rest of the guys agreed and started to disperse. Aaron continued97Please respect copyright.PENANAdx37gNbeOQ
to stare at the door in disbelief, then rubbed his eyes.
Had he been sleepwalking?
Returning to his room, he shut the door eyeing the corner97Please respect copyright.PENANAjSKgqU63Fs
where the spare bed used to be and somewhat relieved to find it was still gone.97Please respect copyright.PENANA30ZasBoPgX
Too scared to find sleep immediately, he flipped on the97Please respect copyright.PENANACla4UfhCwi
light switch and that was when he saw it.
On the wall right next to the door was what looked like a97Please respect copyright.PENANAJa7ef9rk0U
patched hole in the wall, right where he had knocked over the lamp.
97Please respect copyright.PENANApqkzJZEtoV
97Please respect copyright.PENANAoSjWwWKQJ5
97Please respect copyright.PENANAxuxFmvPywg
97Please respect copyright.PENANAsOOTToHB61
97Please respect copyright.PENANAS3xF3f5gje
97Please respect copyright.PENANAkg1j19Ly0m
97Please respect copyright.PENANAMmti9m5iNF
97Please respect copyright.PENANAZ23id6choT
97Please respect copyright.PENANAF34Hct9uof
97Please respect copyright.PENANARyZD885b1n
97Please respect copyright.PENANAdBAZUnxSJE
97Please respect copyright.PENANAgUDWQLQA3i
97Please respect copyright.PENANAWVWVQnDjXo
97Please respect copyright.PENANApT2PvGmsAk
97Please respect copyright.PENANARiSZBiEOQe
97Please respect copyright.PENANAtI23HFHRIa
97Please respect copyright.PENANATrxWtQ8aUB
97Please respect copyright.PENANAwR7kR70Ube
97Please respect copyright.PENANAWabSJ0wW1c
97Please respect copyright.PENANACrkIMTTIcU
97Please respect copyright.PENANAfffgy7RASv
97Please respect copyright.PENANAaOKBvjdt6G
97Please respect copyright.PENANAvjUqEKShnW
97Please respect copyright.PENANArja0uPtUKk
97Please respect copyright.PENANATj3bTV4XgQ
97Please respect copyright.PENANAiIWvD67uYG
97Please respect copyright.PENANAK5hpYpnd6N
97Please respect copyright.PENANAurF7332wAY
97Please respect copyright.PENANAc1Bmg0oFDU
97Please respect copyright.PENANAJcRkoEHFxM
97Please respect copyright.PENANAEZYyteO6h1
97Please respect copyright.PENANA0bJZAxALQu
97Please respect copyright.PENANAb3s6dZb08q
97Please respect copyright.PENANArNFEnH5Lm2
97Please respect copyright.PENANAieQgLy7mle
97Please respect copyright.PENANAKiGUsdAzHe
97Please respect copyright.PENANA7DuBzIbjoB
97Please respect copyright.PENANAz92EOadwt2
97Please respect copyright.PENANAczecNtvVHo
97Please respect copyright.PENANAX6Gycu9Xmr
97Please respect copyright.PENANALWHihoU9pc
97Please respect copyright.PENANAmikjCHiT3h
97Please respect copyright.PENANA31ojxbmgS9
97Please respect copyright.PENANAW3fKeQUY5m
97Please respect copyright.PENANATxOGQk9wVQ
97Please respect copyright.PENANAEhJzjfsKS4
97Please respect copyright.PENANAl4vd7JI88V
97Please respect copyright.PENANAKSbwYltoKX
97Please respect copyright.PENANAJDYDBAcQXS
97Please respect copyright.PENANAPXN79OhKTm
97Please respect copyright.PENANAGIBCTR2lOZ
97Please respect copyright.PENANAwEuOONhXTm
97Please respect copyright.PENANAnZTwfIKILQ
97Please respect copyright.PENANAJ70gVMgVkA
97Please respect copyright.PENANAOvCyqwhZDY
97Please respect copyright.PENANAU3WXcgvNz6
97Please respect copyright.PENANAGQMC9LEI8R
97Please respect copyright.PENANARJRjzh9nEE
97Please respect copyright.PENANAKMyWJ0P1AQ
97Please respect copyright.PENANAen1oGLarMQ
97Please respect copyright.PENANA5BXSDslZw2
97Please respect copyright.PENANA2NLILAekdx
97Please respect copyright.PENANAEytpiftVv7
97Please respect copyright.PENANAsGDoh9s7XF
97Please respect copyright.PENANAEZvgOAJVqk
97Please respect copyright.PENANAIdrYO3mf51
97Please respect copyright.PENANAHMZ9KvTtiy
97Please respect copyright.PENANAEcMbv7D6CC
97Please respect copyright.PENANAUmNDkO86eF
97Please respect copyright.PENANAItV7zg9Cri
97Please respect copyright.PENANAfqoDDRyB1y
97Please respect copyright.PENANAMk9rWaFdDw
97Please respect copyright.PENANAZbMvR5fwuD
97Please respect copyright.PENANAcvAXTOhrct
97Please respect copyright.PENANANH2q17KNcW
97Please respect copyright.PENANA1kZGh9sPAN
97Please respect copyright.PENANA26LLDmckdw
97Please respect copyright.PENANAM7C3hxfblr
97Please respect copyright.PENANAtewJKfvYB7
97Please respect copyright.PENANAP7n8EfMfDE
97Please respect copyright.PENANA4br8NRXkC1
97Please respect copyright.PENANAYEdvnjHJD3
97Please respect copyright.PENANAm2OwrUi70t
97Please respect copyright.PENANA9juOmVXbob
97Please respect copyright.PENANAAMSWf9Gu6P
97Please respect copyright.PENANAmV7dFAPlm4
97Please respect copyright.PENANAaL6ywXac7j
97Please respect copyright.PENANAEuh28uKBby
97Please respect copyright.PENANAYDOokjQi0X
97Please respect copyright.PENANAvER8Wa0Y7F
97Please respect copyright.PENANAAYV9GXeJrj
97Please respect copyright.PENANAPHjU7OYSVC
97Please respect copyright.PENANARt5TLlrmfS
97Please respect copyright.PENANAOHwoMXWndC
97Please respect copyright.PENANAlyJyXrhBo4
97Please respect copyright.PENANAmdmgWb7sIi
97Please respect copyright.PENANAGHJ5Xfz0eF
97Please respect copyright.PENANA1XKEJbBeXX
97Please respect copyright.PENANA1Nb7EpDdMa
97Please respect copyright.PENANAv6W6NhKZ3X
97Please respect copyright.PENANA4kOWFTgx06
97Please respect copyright.PENANAh1J2NwfzkA
97Please respect copyright.PENANAw2InK4Su7I
97Please respect copyright.PENANA4258PNzwTd
97Please respect copyright.PENANAlC38kgO2wt
97Please respect copyright.PENANAPRtm38KdUh
97Please respect copyright.PENANA68YzTKEpvq
97Please respect copyright.PENANAyd98oHyWxk
97Please respect copyright.PENANAb4qtFzOo6r
97Please respect copyright.PENANAaFVFrMtMay
97Please respect copyright.PENANA6072MQvrwn
97Please respect copyright.PENANAKmm5QKFrV7
97Please respect copyright.PENANAgcFZmlby0K
97Please respect copyright.PENANASChZGfXnPN
97Please respect copyright.PENANAHkcQrDQCdF
97Please respect copyright.PENANAxMGwrQKG1F
97Please respect copyright.PENANAcsTyddsdcZ
97Please respect copyright.PENANAxFVJUbDYv7
97Please respect copyright.PENANACaSTqbjaJ9
97Please respect copyright.PENANAbxFhVsmZCm
97Please respect copyright.PENANA99OWeYIj4s
97Please respect copyright.PENANA24Ep815HgM
97Please respect copyright.PENANA8FF8x4WlZv
97Please respect copyright.PENANAUPSlTf88Kp
97Please respect copyright.PENANAW5rbxqd9FG
97Please respect copyright.PENANAhqSRZUhke2
97Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8aTGqHOCJ
97Please respect copyright.PENANAPpfwSOtf4b
97Please respect copyright.PENANAfTDdALJbKA
97Please respect copyright.PENANAOTQtlfa3Ht
97Please respect copyright.PENANAPNxOcnSOqw
97Please respect copyright.PENANAAEKy3WlTdf
97Please respect copyright.PENANAygzOkvdPtm
97Please respect copyright.PENANAc4J4pD1cIh
97Please respect copyright.PENANAoCD7IxiADQ
97Please respect copyright.PENANAuFHeIwo5Ol
97Please respect copyright.PENANA3SeVIIVPBw
97Please respect copyright.PENANAmastFfyhLs
97Please respect copyright.PENANAp6vOz5Lw4G
97Please respect copyright.PENANAs3ti1xvzvQ
97Please respect copyright.PENANAjcTAlIWU6i
97Please respect copyright.PENANAWgNfWtRxae
END OF CHAPTER 3
ns 172.69.6.105da2