From Relief to Fear
We stopped at a diner two towns away, parked under the harsh glow of fluorescent lights, and tried to breathe. I opened my laptop and wrote a furious review, warning future travelers about the hidden camera we had discovered.
I expected silence — or maybe denial from the host. Instead, just minutes later, a notification appeared.
The host had responded.
“You fool,” the message began. “That wasn’t a camera. That was the transmitter for our private security system. Now you’ve broken it — and they’ll come looking for it.”
“They”?
That single word stopped me cold.
Who were they? And why would they be coming after us?
My hands trembled as I scrolled through the photos I had taken earlier of the rental. I wanted evidence, proof that I wasn’t imagining what I’d seen. That’s when I noticed something chilling in one of the images — a faint red dot reflected on the curtain.
