This is a warning. If you hear kids calling outside your window after 2AM—don’t go. Don’t answer. And whatever you do, don’t say your name.

There’s something wrong with my street, and it starts after midnight. You’ll hear laughter—children playing. Sometimes tag, sometimes jump rope, sometimes just… calling. 

But we all know better. You don’t open the window. You don’t peek through the blinds. You never go outside. 

I told Emily this, but she didn’t believe me. She thought it was just some dumb story I made up to scare her.

She doesn’t think that anymore.

Because she’s gone.