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“Isabel must have already left for work” I hum as I take a pan and some eggs, I would sip my coffee every now and then while making Elio’s toast and scrambled eggs. Before I could even think about going to wake up Elio he entered the kitchen rubbing his little eyes in tiredness, he hated to wake up early. “I should go to the supermarket on my way home, the fridge is nearly empty” I sigh. I chuckled to myself when I saw him “Hey buddy, did you sleep well? why don’t you go wash your face and get ready while I finish making your breakfast, mh?” I suggested, he just nodded and went to wash his face and get ready. I plated everything and finished my coffee. I left Elio with the food and decided to go get ready myself. As I finished I grabbed my wallet and keys, but as I entered the kitchen I saw Elio hadn't even touched his food, “not hungry?” I asked confused, I shrug and decided to pack it in case he gets hungry mid day he could have something to eat. “Let’s go Buddy” I say while holding his hand and walking on our way to his school. Elio was silent all the way, just looking at the floor, careful not to step on any lines, or whatever kids did. I didn’t give it too much importance, instead I just kept walking. Finally when Elio entered through the front door of the school, I kept looking, making sure he entered the building. As I finally looked away, ready to start walking to the supermarket, I realized a big amount of the mothers there were looking at me with bad stares, or keeping their kids behind them so I couldn’t see them. I just raised an eyebrow confused and rubbed my cheek, was my facial hair so bad that I was scary? I hummed and made a self note of buying razors at the supermarket. The supermarket wasn't far from the school, as I entered I grabbed a little basket and started to look through the shelves to see the products but as I was entering the razors section, I saw it. The dark figure from the night before, looking at me from the final of the hallway where the light of the store couldn’t reach, my blood froze. I quickly grabbed the first package of razors and stuffed them in the basket, not caring the price or brand. I moved fast through the shelfs trying to convince myself that there wasn’t nothing, but everytime I entered a new section there it was. The most concerning thing was that every time it seemd to be closer, and closer harder to oversee or ignore, as if it’s presence didn’t want to be forgotten. I took a shaky breath and forced myself to gather the remaning stuff I needed before rush to the cashier and pay before almost run away from the store, I didn’t want to enter again, not for anything in the world. I just wanted to run away from it, I didn’t want it to be true.

It had been some months since we all three had moved to the new house, my wife Isabel and our little son, Elio and me. Or had they been weeks? I don't even know anymore, time has been moving weird lately, or maybe it was just me. I just sighed with the now warm beer in hand sitting on the couch looking at the celling, too lazy to get up and turn on the TV, eitherways it didn't work quite well.. So why bother and get up? It was pretty cold aswell, so I just drank to warm myself up. As the old wood of the floor creaks behind me my blood runs cold before I jump and quickly turn arround, bottle in hand ready to fight. But I only see Elio's big eyes staring at me from the doorframe. I sigh relieved, and release the deadly grip I had on the bottle. "You okay? What you want?" I ask rubbing my sore shoulder. "I.. I- I'm hungry.." Elio stutters, I look at the old clock on the wall but it was stuck at 5 pm, I look from the window, it was all dark "I'll have to buy some new batteries for that tomorrow" I sigh as I turn to the kitchen to make dinner "Spaghetti's good?" I ask to Elio, but after some moments of silence I shrug "Spaghettis will be I guess". As I enter the kitchen, I scrunch my nose at the smell "what the hell is this smell?" I gag, it smelled really really bad but I pushed myself and forced myself to grab the old almost rusty casserole and go to the sink, to fill it with water, I hum to myself an old song, while watching the water slowly fill the casserole. But I freeze, I could sense I wasn't alone.. As I look up infront of me, to the window, I see the refleze of a face. Some big dark eyes, too round to my liking, and a really wide and creepy smile, with pointy teeths, covered in a red liquid. The face was right on top of my shoulder, towering me, my blood runs cold and I turn arround fast and punch. But I was welcomed by nothing. My breath was getting heavy as I looked everywhere I could see it on the corner of my eye, staring at me, yet every time I turned my head and stared directly I would see nothing. I could almost hear it, laughing, giggling like if it was just a sick joke to whatever the hell was that. I walked until i was in the corner, my back pressed against the wall at least like that there wouldn't be the option of that thing being behind me. "It's not real.. it can't be real, Jhonathan, come on." I told myself, before closing my eyes and taking a deep breath. But I didn't even finish getting the deep breath when I felt it. A cold breath right next to my neck, I jump and open my eyes. Yet once again, nothing. After that, it felt like If I was alone again, no creepy faces would appear from the corner of my eyes, nothing. I took a shaky breath and put the spaghettis to cook. Still checking every now and then the kitchen and my surroundings. After the dinner was ready i served it in plates and went to the living room. "Dinner is ready!" I yelled so Isabel and Elio would listen and come over, as they silently sit down, I just start to eat, deciding not to tell them about the.. "incident", to not scare them. They both just sat in silence, until Elio broke it and whimpered "D..Dad It's ..it's really really cold-" he said with his little voice and shivering, I finally snapped out of my thoughts and looked at them, both of them didn't even had a taste of dinner, they were just silently sitting. Their lips were blue. "Get jackets on, and tomorrow i'll call to get the heater fixed" I said before go put the plates on the sink, and finally go sleep.

Finally, one of the cops called a number. The slow buzz made everyone stay quiet, waiting, until the old lady on the other end finally connected to the line. "Y-Yes?" the old lady said. “Captain Francis here. "Ma'am, we have found your daughter and her son," the captain said. The old lady, filled with excitement, said, “Oh, thank god!! I knew you all would find them!! I—I'm so relieved!” but the captain only stayed silent for a few seconds before saying, “I’m sorry for your loss, Ma'am. You can go find their rest in the morgue… but I don't know if you would want to see them. They had been dead for over a week now, without being on a fridge or anything.” The captain said, defeated, before the old lady burst into tears. “I’m sorry all had to end like this," the captain said before finally hanging up.

It opened its mouth and with that blood-icing tone that reassembled the sounds of metal scraping, it said. ”JHONATHAN, YOUR TIME IS OVER! YOU LOSE" and it started laughing like a lunatic. I quickly ran towards the door, but when I opened it, the man that had followed me was there; he held a teaser. Seconds later I felt my body falling against the floor, losing consciousness at the electric shock.

My blood ran cold, Isabel was in her mid 30’s and our son, Elio, was seven years old. I looked down to see the picture that was announced, but it was ripped off. My head turned to the police officer “Officer, Sorry to bother but how long has it been since it has been announced they are missing?” I ask, full of fear. “About a week now, the grandma of the kiddo made the report since they were living both three together” The officer answered lazily even through I could see him eyeing me suspiciously, but that’s all I needed I took a relieved sigh, I had seen Isabel and Elio yesterday, furthermore Isabel doesn’t live with her mom and Elio, because we live the three together so they couldn’t be the missing ones. I just nod, and walk away. I still felt bad about the missing people and how the grandma would be feeling now. But at least it wasn’t my family.

It had been hours since I tried to sleep, lying on bed looking at the ceiling. I can't help but sigh and rub my face with my hand tired. It had been such a long tiring day and I could feel the cold penetrate my bones, making it ache badly, as if every bone cell was being frozen. I let go a sigh and forced myself to sit up, rubbing the back of my neck as I put my slippers on. “I should go get something warm..” I mumbled before getting up to go to the kitchen, but as soon as I was about to enter the kitchen.. I saw it, that same smile. Wide eyes, filled with maniac energy, and that wide smile, sharp teeth with what seemed to be blood on it. But now, right in front of me. It had popped out of the door frame, millimeters away from my face. My blood went cold, I could feel my breath hitching, and cold sweat running down my spine. My heart was beating like crazy, and I could feel my ears hurt. I forced myself to not look away and turn the light on. And that thing had disappeared, I let out a relieved sigh, but to my ignorance that peace wasn’t going to last long. After I've done my tea I decided to go take a look at Elio and Isabel, to see if they were okay. I hummed to myself walking through the corridors, thinking that maybe I’d see them shivering, already planning that maybe I'd give them my covers so they were okay, even though it meant I’d freeze. But to my surprise, they weren’t shivering, not even moving or stirring. “Damn, they must have been really tired” I chuckled to myself and went to my room. As I sit on bed, with the cup of tea on hand and the TV control on the other hand, scrolling through the canals, searching for something to see and I saw something, just not what I would like to. A shadow, not the face from before but a whole body, all dark but facing me from the corner of the room. I closed my eyes thinking it might be the tiredness of the day having a side effect.. but when I opened them again it was still there. I didn’t want to take my eyes away from it, I didn’t want to take that risk. I silently tried to open the light, but it didn’t work. “Fuck, you gotta be kidding me, power had to go out now?! Seriously!?” I groan, annoyed and anxious at the figure that wouldn’t go. Hours had passed, I just stayed curled in bed, from the anxiety of the strange figure I couldn’t even feel the cold anymore, all I could think of was how many hours was left until sunrise, until the light would finally make that thing go away. With each hour passing, I would feel my eyelids getting heavier, It was becoming harder and harder for me to stay awake. Without noticing I had started to fall in a light sleep, but before even some time go by, I felt that cold breath right on my neck, from behind me, and a stranger voice calling my name.. “Jhonathan..”. Out of costume I rubbed my eyes and answered “Mh? yes?” But there was no one, not even the shadow. And then it hit me what had happened, a cold shiver invaded me. But at least the sun had already set up. I looked around the room, when I found nothing, I sighed relieved and slumped into bed exhausted, closing my eyes for a bit, before it would get time for me to get up and deal with the day. Especially because today I was the one walking Elio to school.

Never in my life had I been more comforted by that disgusting smell, but what I didn't know was that I hadn't lost the guy. He was standing right outside my place, looking at the house before finally leaving.