5
One sentence immediately attracted the attention of all three of us.
We looked at Lily in unison, waiting silently for her to continue.
She organized her thoughts for a long time: “That day, Aria was washing her face in the dorm, she had applied facial cleanser and was bending down to rinse with water.”
“I saw her shadow, in the mirror, looking down at her.”
“I was crouching behind her tying my shoelaces, when the shadow noticed me seeing her, there was a moment of panic.”
“That scene was very disjointed, Aria was bending down washing her face in front of the mirror, but her shadow was in the mirror, making eye
contact with me.”
“When she finished washing her face and raised her head, the shadow returned to normal.”
“Aria smiled at me, and the shadow in the mirror also smiled at me, I was so scared I broke out in a cold sweat.”
“I didn’t dare tell anyone about this, afraid of being thought of as crazy.”
Lily’s words made my head buzz.
“You’re saying there’s something wrong with my shadow?” I asked.
“I don’t know!!” Lily shrieked, “I’m just telling you what I saw, as for what exactly is wrong with you, I don’t know!”
Her reaction was a bit intense, her voice uncontrollably rising.
I understood.
Anyone encountering such a thing would find it hard to remain calm.
We all fell silent.
The four of us each lost in our own thoughts.
A moment later, “I’m sorry for causing you all trouble. Thank you for being willing to tell me what happened, at least now I’m not completely in the dark.”
“Your decision to move out was correct, if it were me, I would have made the same choice.”
I forced a smile, waved at them, and as I turned to leave, Lily suddenly called out to me: “Aria! There’s one more thing…”
I stopped in my tracks.
She hesitated for a few seconds, as if mustering up courage, and continued: “Wendy doesn’t know how you got back to the dorm?”
“I know.”
“I saw with my own eyes, at four or five in the morning, you walked in from outside.”
“The door was closed.”
“You walked through the door.”
I suddenly understood why Lily hesitated so long before each sentence she spoke?
Because once some words are said, it’s really easy to make people doubt her mental state.
No one wants to be thought of as crazy!
Originally, I thought the difficulty I was facing was just a misunderstanding with my roommates, now I realized that the real difficulty I faced was how to believe an extremely absurd truth, and moreover, force myself to understand it, to think about it.
I had to keep reminding myself that no one was crazy, including myself.
I carefully examined myself in the mirror.
The me in the mirror also stared straight at me.
Looking for a long time, I suddenly found it hard to distinguish whether her gaze was the same as mine?
Was she examining me, or was I examining her?
Goosebumps rose all over my body, and I avoidingly shifted my gaze.
The me in the mirror made the same movement, clearly presenting my moment of fear and embarrassment in front of me.
Tonight, I was the only one left in the dorm.
The me that Sage saw, the me that Wendy mentioned, the me that Lily feared, could it be my shadow?
If what the three of them said was true, another me would appear every night.
What did that me want to do?
Would she harm me?