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Mick slowly opened the door, but nobody was there, standing in the dark. He was feeling sleepy, so he could barely see. The man looked around and noticed something lying on the carpet. It looked like a little red stain, but he could hardly understand what it really was. Mick was trembling with fear. He bent forward very slowly and picked that little thing up. It seemed to be an ordinary gingerbread at first. ‘Oh, Lord! What’s that?’ Mick’s body started to shake uncontrollably when he recognized its face…
It was the same bizarre old man with a huge bag who came over their house the day before. But the smile... the smile was horrific and nightmarish. It was stretched from one ear to another, and the eyes looked treacherous. That wrathful grimace made Mick feel scared as well as the eyes smiling with malicious glee; and even the smell of the gingerbread that reminded him the smell of cinnamon, which was strong and made him sneeze and feel sick, as always… All his body was trembling. ‘What does that cookie mean? Who put it here?” Suddenly, he heard a quiet squeak from the living room. Mick quietly walked into the room and the view he saw sent shivers down his spine. He stepped into the living room and noticed an ancient mark, burnt on the wall. It looked like someone burnt the wall and spilled blood over it. Feeling helpless, even at a loss, he rushed to the laptop that was resting on the table since last evening, and impatiently moving his fingers on the keyboard, started searching ... It was 3:33am, but he was still searching for information about that mark. Mick visited a great number of different sites. Unfortunately, his attempts were in vain, he still couldn’t find any clear explanation about that weird mark on the wall. ‘Calm down. There’s no need to panic. Maybe you are just dreaming… if not, there’s just a little time left until dawn.” This way the man tried to persuade himself, this way he tried to pacify his anxious mind. When Mick bent over the laptop to check the time, he was shocked to perceive that it hasn’t changed. It was still 3:33am, though he knew exactly he was awake for almost an hour!