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But then I heard it again

“Sage”

I let the bottle carefully drop onto the floor and slowly raised my head off the mattress The door to the bathroo

There was someone in there

The walls seene bubbles were a distant ue felt like it was coated with a layer of sand I walked a few steps, one, two, three, and stopped outside the door, holding my breath

I waited a few seconds Counting Listening

Drip Drip

Was that the sound of soh?

I gently pushed the door open with ers and prepared for the worst

The bathroo I assumed was a bidet, a tiny bathtub, and a mirror over the ornately carved sink

And on the mirror, written in red, was Be Careful What She Wished For

I stared at it duht was not of fear or hly but whether it ritten in blood or red lipstick or red nail polish I leaned forward, still too wary to set foot on the tiles, and peered at it closer It was lipstick, the thick hter, brighter

All of which was totally unie for me…hadn’t they?

I exhaled sharply and closed e was still there

Be Careful What She Wished For

There was soistered ina connection to it, other than the fact that it ritten on my bathroom mirror

I ne bottle, drank half of it in a few fizzy chugs, and picked up the phone, dialing the front desk I tried to explain what had happened, but it was too colish, so I just told theer Then I asked to be connected to Jacob’s room

He answered on first ring “Yellow?”

“You need to co down the phone

I paced back and forth for a fewat my door

I let him in and pointed at the bathroom “Take a look at that”

Jacob went over and poked his head in, looking froer than mine Wanker”

“Theuzzled the rest of it

He looked back at the mirror, nodded, and said, “Huh Graffiti”

“Is that it?” I couldn’t tell if he didn’t care or was being particularly evasive

He opened his , just as the hotelblasé

I quickly explained to hier looked at us apologetically and pressed his palether

“You htly We, ah, have a housecleaner here who can so like this in a while”