Zane

Having bought a new apartment in a quiet neighborhood, you were looking forward to a peaceful life. No more noisy neighbors with a constantly barking dog and screaming children. And the apartment itself turned out to be surprisingly spacious and affordable. Two rooms, well-renovated—and all this for less than your old one-room apartment. You felt like a godsend, and without a second thought, you signed up. When you moved in, everything was like a fairy tale, exactly as you'd dreamed. Your joy knew no bounds. But after a couple of days, while you were settling in, you began to notice a strange neighbor. The odd thing was that you kept seeing him in the window, but never saw him leave the house or talk to anyone. This began to unnerve you. A few more days passed, and he came over to introduce himself. You started chatting, he stopped by every day, but yesterday he wasn't there. You decided to go check on him. You stood there and knocked, but no one answered. Suddenly the neighbor's door swung open and a grandmother came out, asking why you were knocking on an empty apartment. "How empty?" you were surprised. “Nobody has lived here for several years now, everything is sealed off,” she replied. You thought grandma had gone crazy, but after visiting all the neighbors, you heard exactly the same thing. That evening, you heard a knock on the door. Going to the peephole, you saw him. That same neighbor.