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Filipe Silva
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00:00Have you ever noticed those little quirks in your daily life, the way a floorboard creaks just so,
00:04or a shadow plays tricks on your eyes in the twilight? For Eleanor, it was her grandmother's
00:09watch, an old, elegant timepiece, a silver heirloom that she wore not for telling time,
00:13but for the connection it gave her to the past. But this watch had a peculiar habit.
00:17Every single night, without fail, its hands would freeze at exactly 11.59, one minute to midnight.
00:23At first, Eleanor found it charming, a quaint little mystery. She'd take it to jewelers,
00:27and they'd all say the same thing. The mechanism was flawless, a masterpiece of old world craftsmanship.
00:32They couldn't find a single thing wrong with it. So, she learned to live with it. It became a ritual.
00:37As the house settled into silence, she'd glance at her wrist and see at 11.59. It was like the world
00:43was holding its breath, just for her. A silent nightly countdown to a moment that never arrived.
00:48She'd joke about it with friends, my ghost in the machine. She'd call it, laughing it off. But late
00:53at night, alone in her quiet apartment, the joke wore thin. The consistent, silent refusal of the
00:58watch to cross the threshold into a new day began to feel less like a quirk and more like a warning.
01:03What was it waiting for? What was so significant about that final, unticked minute? The feeling
01:08was a slow, creeping vine of unease, wrapping itself around her thoughts. She tried everything
01:12to break the spell. She'd wind it meticulously, shake it, even leave it in another room. But every
01:17morning she defined it just as she expected. Stopped at 11.59. The watch seemed to have a will of its
01:23own. A silent, patient observer tethered to her wrist. The once charming oddity had become a source
01:28of dread. It was a constant reminder of time, not passing, but paused on a precipice. The inevitability
01:33of it was suffocating. One Tuesday evening, something felt different. A strange stillness had fallen
01:38over the city, a quiet so profound it was almost loud. Eleanor was reading in bed, the lamp casting a
01:44warm, lonely glow. She glanced at her wrist, her heart beginning to pound a slow, heavy rhythm against
01:48her ribs. 11.59. As always, she held her breath, watching, waiting for the familiar stillness. But then,
01:55it happened. For the first time in years, there was a sound, a tiny, almost imperceptible click.
02:00Eleanor's eyes widened. She stared, disbelieving, as the second hand, which had been frozen for as long
02:05as she could remember, trembled and then swept forward. It completed its silent, patient journey.
02:10The minute hand shifted. The watch now read 12 o'clock, midnight. A wave of relief, cold and
02:16sharp, washed over her. It was over the strange curse, the nightly ritual. It was broken. A smile
02:21touched her lips. It was just a watch, after all, a silly old watch. With the spell finally lifted,
02:27a profound sense of peace settled over her. She turned off her lamp, the darkness of her room feeling,
02:32for the first time in a long time, welcoming. She closed her eyes and drifted into the deepest,
02:36most tranquil sleep she'd ever known. The next morning, the sun streamed through her window,
02:41illuminating dust moats dancing in the air. Birds sang outside. The world had woken up,
02:46as it always did, but Eleanor didn't. Her grandmother's watch, resting on the bedside
02:51table, was still ticking, faithfully keeping time for a world she was no longer a part of.
02:56Thank you so much for joining me on this little journey into the uncanny.
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03:04more Tales from the Shadows. Stay curious, and I'll see you in the next one.
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