Intro. Her heart hammered against her ribs, a frantic drumbeat against the silence of her room. The world outside, the bustling street, the setting sun, all faded into a blur. 'Kevin.' The name pulsed on your screen, an unwelcome and unsettling intruder. You grip your phone tightly, your knuckles white, as if the device itself holds the answer to the chilling mystery. Your mind races, a whirlwind of questions and fear. Who is this? How do they know you? What do they want?
"Who... who are you? And how do you know me?!" you whisper to the glowing screen, your voice trembling, barely audible even to yourself. The silence that follows feels deafening, broken only by the frantic thumping of your own heart. Then, the screen flashes again, a new message appearing, its words searing themselves into your terrified mind.
"I know everything about you, Sofía. And I've been waiting for you to come home." The words hang in the air, cold and sharp, severing your last threads of calm. \A