Stay quiet.

You take another step further to look at a picture frame hanging on the wall. It’s of a family of three- a mother, father, and son. They’re all smiling so brightly.

This reminds you of the times before the pandemic began. It feels so long ago that you were just a toddler eating your mother’s freshly baked cookies and getting tickled by your father and hearing his laughs mix with yours.

You’re too lost in your thoughts that you don’t see the same glint of light from before quickly approaching you until it’s too late.

The last thing you see is the shine of a knife aiming straight for your neck.

Everything goes black.