The suspicious guest

One midnight I suddenly woke up . I saw Jennifer was sitting beside me, kept staring at the room's door which was open . At first I found it a little strange cause I remember that I closed it before we went to bed. " What happened honey? " I asked . She didn't reply . I sat on the bed and gently grab her hand . " Are you okay? ". This time also she didn't reply . Then she turned her head towards me and asked " Did you hear that?". This question puzzled me . " I can't hear anything. what are you talking ab_" . She shut my mouth with her finger and I wasn't able to complete my question " Shhhhh! listen carefully " she said.

She kept staring at me . Her intense gaze made me uncomfortable. And then I heard something. I heard someone's footsteps down the hall . My heart started pounding heavily. " Someone's there , down the hall". she said .

"I should go and check". I insisted.

" No ! you won't ".

" Then how are we going to deal with this ?"

" We should call the cops".

"Don't be stupid Jennifer . We can't call the cops. The telephone is in the hallway near the entrance door . And what if the intruder notice us?! . He may even hurt us".

Then suddenly the footsteps stoped . I stood up from the bed and grabbed my pistol and went downstairs. Jennifer was behind me . But when we went to the hall , we didn't find anyone. I searched the whole house but there were no signs of any intruder. I went again to the hall and suddenly my head started spinning. I sat on the sofa . I thought that my head started spinning 'cause of the injury . Then that disgusted smell came again. I was confused. And that's when I noticed drops of blood . I felt like my heart will stop beating now . To be honest , I was pretty scared .

I stood up from the sofa and went near the blood spots. Then I found that there were blood droplets that were leading towards the entrance door.

Surprisingly, the door was locked from the inside . There were no signs of anyone messing with it. I opened the door and saw some human footprints . I asked Jennifer to stay at home. And then I chased it out and it finally ended infront of the garden's underground basement door . I heard some noises from inside. I was about to open it when I felt someone tapped me on my shoulder and when I turned....

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