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The Frozen Frame

The photo on Mara's phone showed her kitchen from an angle she had never seen. The countertop untouched. The shadows behind the curtains shifting, as if something waited in the dim light. The refrigerator still, its hum silenced.

She glanced up at the window. Outside, the streetlights flickered.

When she looked back down, the image had updated.

Someone stood behind her.

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