00:00The building had fifty floors, and I lived on the forty-ninth.
00:03The elevator was old, rattling its way up with a weary groan each night.
00:09But tonight was different.
00:10I pressed the button for forty-nine, the doors closed, and the ascent began.
00:15It passed the tenth floor, then the twentieth, the thirtieth,
00:19but as it neared my floor, it didn't slow down.
00:22Forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty, and then the number simply went out.
00:27The elevator kept climbing.
00:29A soft chime dinged, and the doors slid open.
00:33Outside wasn't a hallway.
00:35It was an exact replica of my apartment.
00:38My key was on the table, my coat on the chair.
00:41My phone buzzed on the counter.
00:43I picked it up.
00:44The screen showed one new message from my own number.
00:47It read,
00:49Don't let him in.
00:50He's taking the stairs.
00:52Then I heard a faint rhythmic thudding from the stairwell door.
00:56Getting closer.
00:56Get closer.
01:05You
01:05You
01:07You
01:10You
01:16You
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