let the darkness set you free
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He never locked the chain. Said I wouldn’t need it. Said I’d stay anyway.
The bulb buzzes when I sleep. I think he likes that. I think the sound helps him watch. I stopped looking for the camera. It’s always there. Somewhere.
Sometimes I try to sit still enough that the red light disappears. It never does.
This room isn’t mine, but I live here now.
He calls it “home.” I call it hell.