nic surged

ngers gripping the fabric as if it c

anding on my clothes scattered li

fe.This wasn't su

o leave im

slip out of the bed, wrapping the sheet tig

the more I stretched, the more the bedsheets sl

nd, woke up immediately as he

rembled fr

you goin

e voice stop

and turn

as a

pen now, clear, focused, watching me like

e tight. "Please, nothing happen

pushing himself up a

"What exactly

allo

us, my grip tightening on the she

lifted

?" He smil

ss into my voice. "It was a mistak

d, then he also looked below the bed

,then he

stopped, his expression tightening slightly, as

ght, how... I must have been careless. Oh m

u?" the str

as no r

e cont

myself. I am Robert Kane. Pe

h caught

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t for a few seconds unt

is this room n

re, by the way?" he replied

ppened before, like he normally locked his door before le

through the room, mak

voice called from the

ice that sounded lik

trolled and famil

eart dropped as I w

ered quickly. "Please. I

as my eyes searched the room,

et clos

the bathroom wi

her

r thi

re here to see you," the voi

was. He recognized h

s not

sentatives who had insisted on meeting him early

e to see you," the lady spoke agai

didn't

iefly toward the do

um," he sa

p slightly as the weight o

nderstand. This cann

moved.My br

oor o

yes already assessing the room in

way she carried herself, something in the silence

e lande

r.A flicker of surprise passed through

spoken but clear as they took in everything, the dishev

nce

ceptionist to give his mother and the guests coming to see him a card

ng the sheet tighter, my entire body

tarted, the words failin

eyes shifte

d, her tone preci

m becam

loudly I was sure th

ert, my voice dropp

nt, Robert s

t reached

losed around mine, firm, deliberat

en, he

enly, his voice carrying

my puls

at me, then

ssion nev

the

is is

silence

fian

reacted t

intake o

among the peo

again, more carefully now, as if reassessi

anned me again,

grip, my mind struggling to catch up with

dn't react

was

eyes locking onto me

attending tonigh

l be introduce

, where is the scri

and brought a huge briefcase, and stretched his hands,

ealized the details of eve

im as she tried not to look at him, and

ath le

wasn't just a

s a s

lf into?" I asked myself

t pulled me st

wasn't r