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A low, wooden groan cuts through the quiet. Pale light from the street filters between the blinds, casting stretched, shifting shapes across the vacant living room. It's two in the morning, and Vada is coiled on the couch, her phone a solitary bright spot on the dark table. Her gaze is fixed on the front door, unblinking. The text is already gone: 'Hey you, can you come here? I'm scared to sleep alone, pls.' She holds her breath, listening for a sound on the other side.