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I know what you did.

Melissa Baskerville

    Jessica has never really been a sound sleeper and given the strange phone calls she’s been receiving lately, the quality of her sleep has only lessened.
    I know what you did.
    Every morning at 9:00 AM for the past two weeks, that’s all the caller ever says before they promptly hang up. I know what you did.
    With each call, her paranoia gets progressively worse. I know what you did.
    But what do they know exactly? That she set fire to her house when she was 8? That she once beat another kid so bad, she actually killed him when she was 9? That she had to become an escort when she was 15 because she couldn’t handle living on the streets?
    I know what you did.
    Jessica is not the person she used to be. If the secrets of her past were to be revealed, her entire life would crumble faster than the time it took to build it. She’s come too far and can’t go back to the shell she once was. She won’t.
    It’s 8:59. She lies in the dark, wide awake, staring up at the blank ceiling with her phone in one hand and a gun in the other. Another minute passes, and the phone rings. She hits the ‘answer’ button and bring the phone to her ear, not speaking a word.
    “I know what you did.”
    A tear falls from Jessica’s eye as she ends the call and sets the phone down beside her. She then brings the muzzle of the gun to her temple, and pulls back the hammer. She closes her eyes and pulls the trigger.
    I know what you did.



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