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take a bath and get some rest. Still unnerved by the experience of the night but set upon facing
her fears, she finally took a look at the mirror. It still showed the same message. But it slowly
started to fade. No sooner than Olivia breathed a sigh of relief, did she hear the creak of the
main door followed by the sound of it opening and closing. A horrifying realisation dawned on
her. Completely tired and shaken, she had forgotten to lock the front door. Her heart started
pounding and her hands started shaking when she saw that a new message had appeared on the
mirror, with the same style as the one it replaced but much, much larger in size. She was fixed
to the spot upon seeing it. There was no time. The footsteps increased in volume and stopped
when their owner reached the bathroom. The message on the mirror was just a single word
again: HIDE.
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