She was walking home, tired from a long day of work. As her heels clicked the dark city side walk, that’s when she heard her name being called.

At first she didn’t think much of it, assuming that she was just hearing things, she just wanted to get back to her apartment.

Then she heard her name being called again. She walked faster. She then saw a shadow of someone behind her, the call of her name getting louder.

She ran into an alleyway, trying to get away. But when she finally turned around to confront the voice, no one was there.

Confused, but also relieved, she just assumed that yet again, she must’ve been hearing things, she’ll blame it on the lack of sleep.

For the duration of her walk home, she heard nothing and saw no shadows.

She finally opened her apartment door, but just to make sure, she locked all three locks on the door.

She then walked over to her home phone to hear what messages she missed throughout the day, half of them made her roll her eyes. They were just her friends who were trying to hook her up with a guy named Rich.

Just as she was listening to the last message, the shadow came back. It lurked and made sure it wasn’t noticed.

Then it lunged.

She screamed.