Mysterious period

1:43 AM.

Aman's eyes were glued to the laptop screen. His eyes were tired from coding, but he couldn't sleep. Just then the phone rang.

📞 Unknown number.

He ignored it. But the phone rang again... and then...

"Aman... run! You don't have much time!"

A girl's nervous, trembling voice.

"W-Who?" he asked nervously.

"Don't you remember? You hit me!"

The phone disconnected.

Suddenly, the lights in the room blinked slightly and Aman felt someone watching him from outside the window.

The next morning, Aman's last night's events felt like a nightmare.

But then… there were wet footprints at his door!

His mind flashed back to the past—

A car accident.

A girl's face covered in blood.

A deep crater.

But… was she really dead?

Aman had a CCTV camera in his house.

He decided to check the footage from the night.

00:30 AM: Aman was alone in his room.

01:43 AM: The phone rang.

01:45 AM: Aman moved towards the window.

01:47 AM: There was someone standing outside the door—a girl!

But… the camera couldn’t capture her!

Suddenly, the screen went black and some text flashed—

“Look behind!”

Aman felt a chill run down his spine.

He slowly turned his neck…

The same girl was standing behind!

"Now you can't escape!"

Aman screamed loudly and fell on the floor.

Suddenly… the door opened.

The doctor and two nurses came in.

"What happened, Aman?" the doctor asked.

Aman was panting. "She came to kill me… Alisha…!"

The doctor took a deep breath.

"Aman, I have to explain this to you again and again. You have been in a mental hospital for the last three years. Your memory keeps repeating itself. You killed your girlfriend, but your mind is not able to accept this truth. So every time, your mind makes up a new story."

Aman's head started spinning.

"No…! This is a lie!"

The doctor gave him a drug that made his memories sharper.

And then… the biggest shock of reality!

A woman's screams.

A knife.

A man… but it wasn't Aman!

The real killer was his elder brother—Aryan!

Aryan had killed Alisha and put the entire blame on Aman!

"So I am innocent?"

The doctor remained silent.

"If I am innocent… then why does Alisha want to kill me?"

Just then… the lights in the room blinked.

The TV turned on automatically.

Aryan's dead body was lying on the screen!

His throat was slit… and on the wall was written in blood—

"Now only you are left, Aman!"

📞 The phone rang.

"I am coming…"

Black screen.

Aman's hands and legs went numb.

The doctor was now staring at him…

His eyes were red… and he had a strange smile on his face.

Suddenly, Aman's room changed.

He was sitting in a dark cell of an old prison.

👁 There was a camera hanging on the ceiling.

"You can't escape, Aman…"

Lights off.

📞 The phone rang.

THE END… or a new illusion?