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The cabin in the woods
A few months ago, Emily, a writer & her long time boyfriend, Dave had a break up. She had caught him red handed with her bestie, Sarah. She just couldn't shake up the feeling of betrayal. The city air was suffocating her. She couldn't sleep for days, she had puffy red eyes. She felt both of them together everywhere, at home and on the street, so she decided to move out into the country to somewhere with less people, just for peace of mind.
She decided to go on a vacation to her late father's cabin in the woods which was very old but quite welcoming.
Emily breathed the fresh country air and she was already yawning. She felt she had made the best decision of her life. There was another cabin across the lake. She needed to be quite careful of the bears in the wild though. This was the best time, she could have all the peace and would start on her writing.
It was late evening, she decided to make herself a warm dinner of soup, bread, stir fry vegetables.
She had a bottle of red wine. She would have an early night after dinner and start writing the next day.
As she sat down to have her dinner, she heard a car drive past however it slowed down & stopped at her door. It sent shivers down her spine. It was late and nobody drove so late into the woods. Her fear heightened when she heard a stranger at the door call out and say
"Kindly open the door, I need help my car broke down. There is no signal out here & I can't call anyone to help me out. I was supposed to go to the cabin at the other side of the lake however I took a wrong turn."
"Hello, I hope you do believe me. Hello is someone there. Are you even listening??"
Emily had carried a...