In the video, Ben stopped stacking and looked directly into the lens. He didn't smile. He whispered a single word: "Wait."
At that exact moment, the video froze, but the audio continued. Elias heard his own front door click open. He lived alone. He turned around, but the hallway was empty. When he looked back at the screen, the timestamp was still moving, but the room in the video had changed. It was no longer the sun-drenched hallway; it was Elias’s own office, filmed from the corner of the ceiling. ben889.mp4
On the screen, Elias saw himself sitting at his desk, staring at the monitor. And behind him, a small, pale hand reached out from the shadows of the bookshelf. In the video, Ben stopped stacking and looked