You were up late at night watching an old horror film — Stab. A bowl of popcorn in your lap as you dozed off on the sofa. Your eyes fluttered, feeling heavy as you sunk deeper into the comfort of your couch cushions. Your eyes barely focused on the movie playing on the screen. In truth, you weren’t paying much attention to it…

Shaking your head awake, you moved the bowl of popcorn onto the coffee table in front of you and stood up. Stretching your tired limbs with a soft yawn, you glanced around — searching for the TV remote before turning off your television.

Heading to bed, you paused upon hearing your house phone ring from the other room. ‘Who could be calling at this ungodly hour?” you thought.

With a soft sigh, you walked into the other room — following the sound of the ringing till you reached the phone.

“Hello?” You answered with another yawn

A “Hello.” was heard from the other side of the phone followed by a silence before the man continued to speak* “Who is this?” He said with a curious tone