Ria had a long day at work , there wasn’t much to do and yet sitting in the confines of her cubicle for eight straight hours always left a heaviness in her soul.
She finally reaches home leaves her phone atop the shoe rack , pours herself a glass of cold milk and gets dressed for bed.
This was Rias safe haven , her small but very comfortable apartment . Netflix chilled beer and instant noodles had become her weekend friends.She has never had anyone over in a while . Probably because Ria started loving her own company.
It doesn’t take her too long to drift to sleep. But just as her conscious mind is turning off while the subconscious is coming alive there is a knock at the door.
She is thrown off from her drift. Accompanied by a sharp headache, anger and confusion . Who could it be at this time Ria wondered but whoever it was would be getting a sound hearing from her .
The knocking gets loud , Ria gets out of bed groggily and walks towards the hall but just then the knock gets aggressive; its no longer a knock . its a thump . constant synchronized thumping .
She freezes a few feet away from the door . Debating in her head if she should open the door or call someone for help .
Ria stands engulfed in silence , praying that the intruder walks away.
And just then her phone, the one left at the shoe rack starts ringing . She panicks and tries to reach for it . But its too late the intruder hears it , now certain that Ria is inside . She hears him trying to break open the door , playing with the door knob .
She tries hard to reach for her phone but feels paralysed out of fear .
The intruder has finally figured a way to open the door knob , its almost cracking open when she gets to her phone.
Its the alarm , 3 am . While she is in her bed covered in sweat. She snoozes the alarm and pledges never to watch a horror film before bed .
Ria sits up , taking deep breaths ,collecting herself together when suddenly there is a knock at the door.
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