The telephone on the desktop rang shrilly, made Kay jump. Calling this late at night … who? Gavin, maybe? He was the only one who might. Kay felt a tiny kick of anticipation. She grabbed eagerly at the phone.

But she was disappointed. It wasn’t Gavin’s familiar tone.

The voice she heard was distorted somehow, a mechanical echo. “I saw you before,” it said. “On the street that night, when you were acting dirty with your top of. I saw your...”

At first, Kay had to strain to understand the grotesque voice. What was it saying? Then it hit her. Kay stiffened in shock at what she heard. It took another second for the full impact of the last word to sink in.

The unnatural voice said, “I want to see them again. I want you to get them out for me. Show me!”

Kay was too stunned to say anything. The breath had been sucked out of her chest. Her lips trembled on empty air.

“Show me!” the voice whipped at her.

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