29/09/2026
The six words on Madison’s phone were simple.
Don’t tell him about Room 614.
I stared at the screen until it went dark.
Madison snatched the phone from the nightstand and held it against her chest like she could somehow pull those words back inside it.
For a moment, neither of us spoke.
Then I looked at her.
“What is Room 614?”
She shook her head.
“Daniel, just go home.”
“That’s not an answer.”
“I know.”
“Then give me one.”
Madison turned away and walked toward the window of her new apartment.
Three floors below us, cars moved through the parking lot while an American flag outside the leasing office snapped in the September wind.
Everything outside that room looked ordinary.
Inside, nothing did.
I closed my toolbox.
“Your sister just texted you not to tell me about a hotel room.”
Madison’s shoulders stiffened.
“I never said it was a hotel.”
(𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 👇💬)