The silence inside my office became unbearable.
Marcus remained frozen in his chair, his eyes locked on the door as if he’d just seen a ghost.
I slowly stood up.
“Marcus,” I said. “Who is it?”
He didn’t answer.
His face had gone completely pale.
For the first time since I had known him, the man who once terrorized everyone around him looked utterly terrified.
My heart started racing.
I walked toward the door and opened it.
Standing outside was a man I had never seen before.
He wore a dark coat despite the warm weather. His expression was calm, almost too calm. The kind of calm that instantly makes you nervous.
“Can I help you?” I asked.
The stranger ignored my question.
Instead, he looked directly at Marcus.
A chill ran down my spine when I saw Marcus immediately lower his eyes.
Like a child being caught by someone far more powerful.
The stranger smiled.
“Marcus,” he said softly. “You’ve been difficult to find.”
Marcus swallowed hard.
“What are you doing here?”
The man stepped inside and quietly closed the door behind him.
My stomach dropped.
Something felt very wrong.
“I think,” the stranger said, “it’s time we discussed the money.”
Marcus nearly jumped out of his chair.
“What money?”
The stranger laughed.
Not loudly.
Not aggressively.
Just enough to make panic surge through the room.
“The money you took.”
Marcus shook his head frantically.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
The stranger slowly reached into his pocket.
For a terrifying second, I feared he was reaching for a weapon.
Instead, he pulled out a small flash drive.
My heart pounded against my chest.
The stranger placed it carefully on my desk.
“You should see what’s on this.”
Marcus lunged forward.
“No!”
The outburst shocked all of us.
His voice cracked.
His hands trembled.
The confident businessman was gone completely.
Now he looked like a man standing at the edge of a cliff.
The stranger leaned toward me.
“Everything you’ve believed about Marcus since high school…” he whispered.
“…is only half the story.”
A chill ran down my spine.
I looked at Marcus.
He was shaking.
Actually shaking.
Then something happened that I never expected.
Tears began forming in his eyes.
“Please,” he begged.
Not to me.
To the stranger.
“Don’t tell him.”
The room fell silent.
The stranger stared at him for several seconds before speaking again.
“You’re worried about the wrong secret.”
My stomach dropped.
Wrong secret?
How many secrets were there?
Before anyone could say another word, the flash drive suddenly lit up.
A video file automatically appeared on my computer screen.
The date on the recording was from fifteen years ago.
The exact year Marcus had made my life miserable.
My heart nearly stopped.
Because standing in the video wasn’t just Marcus.
I recognized another face.
A face I hadn’t seen since school.
Someone everyone believed had disappeared forever.
And the moment that person turned toward the camera, the stranger quietly whispered six words that sent terror through my entire body:
“He knows you’re watching him now.”
To be continued in C0mments 👇
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