Ray straight up froze. His body tensed up instantly, his heart feeling like it stopped beating for a second before it started hammering against his chest like crazy.
His feet stopped dead in the middle of the room. Ray's eyes darted around his empty apartment like a maniac, checking the ceiling corners, behind the closet, even behind the window curtains. Nobody there. The small room was completely empty, only lit by the dim glow from his phone screen and the streetlights outside.
"Pfft... no need to keep looking around like that. I'm not there, okay," the woman's voice echoed again, chuckling lightly like she was watching Ray's dumb antics from right up close. Her voice sounded crystal clear, ringing straight inside his skull, not coming through his ears.
Cold sweat started dripping from Ray's temples. His grip on the phone tightened so hard his knuckles turned white.
"Who the fuck are you?!" Ray whispered, his voice shaking with a mix of anger and panic.
