A Macabre Birthday

The hallway outside was eerily silent, not a single sound breaking the stillness.

Derek had been waiting for what felt like forever, but there was no laughter, no singing, not even footsteps!

He thought, 'Aren't those ghosts supposed to have entered the dorm building? Could I have imagined it?'

The oppressive silence only made Derek more uneasy, a gnawing feeling that something terrible was quietl