Shaded

Shadows crept across the wall. It was him. “I know you’re here.” My voice cut through the silence of my empty bedroom.

Every night he’d been coming. Invisible, but present, his silhouetted form the only proof I wasn’t crazy.

I clicked on my bedside lamp. He couldn’t hide in the orange glow.

I gasped as the light outlined his shaded figure. He moved quickly, away from me. “Don’t