I reached the panel to my room, crawled out, closed it, and pushed the wardrobe against the wall….-HONGNGOC

In that moment, something saved me.

My phone vibrated.

The alarm I had set before doing any of this:

“GET OUT! NOW!”

The vibration made a faint sound.

Daniel turned his head.

He saw me.

“Ah…” he whispered. “So you didn’t drink it.”

He took one step closer.

I backed away.

Until my back hit the wall.

“Sister… you didn’t have to make this difficult for me.”

The other man said:

“Come on. We don’t have time.”

Daniel smiled slowly.