Chapter 8

"Is anyone there? Please open the door—"

"Dang, dang, dang—"

Avril's heart pounded nervously, and her palms sweated with tension.

She didn't rush to open the door. Instead, she quietly returned to the bedroom and pulled out a sheet mask from the drawer, covering her face with it.

"Dang, dang, dang—" The knocking grew louder.

She lay back on the bed, deliberately waiting for over a minute before getting up to open the door. With a groggy look on her face, she walked to the living room and opened the small window on the door.

"Who is it? Knocking on the door in the middle of the night,...