Chapter 21 - A Chilling Knock At Midnight From Nowhere
As midnight approached, the neighborhood settled into a deep, serene silence under a blanket of stars.
I sat alone at the kitchen island reviewing architectural cleanup invoices while Caroline and the girls slept peacefully upstairs.
The house was completely sealed, every hidden space filled with concrete and reinforced studs.
Suddenly, a sharp, metallic knock echoed loudly from inside the hallway wall right beside the pantry door.
I froze, my coffee mug hovering inches above the granite countertop as my blood turned instantly to ice.
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The walls were solid concrete now; nothing could possibly be hiding inside them anymore.
Yet the three slow, deliberate knocks came again, followed by a faint child's whisper from the dark paneling: Daddy, let us back in.
