Part 1

I’ve been watching him for months now. He is definitely to something. I need to know what is in that safe. The safe is stashed under his bed and whatever it is, he is uptight about it. Every time he opens that safe, he locks his door and never closes his bedroom curtains.

I know it’s weird to be spying only. neighbor but, its quarantine. I’ve been watching so much Netflix it’s boring now. One day, while eating my third lunch for the day, I noticed his sketchy behavior. I knew I shouldn’t have been snooping but, he was pacing around and behaving like a trapped animal. He was pacing in front of a bag. When he glanced in it, he shuddered and  threw it in the safe. Since then, I’ve been watching him. Everyday, like clockwork, in the afternoon he always adds something to it. I desperately want to know what it is time for some detective work.

When he left work, I offered to walk my neighbor’s dog to get close to his window. Lucky for me, his apartment is on the ground floor. His place was tidy. There wasn’t anything suspicious in the living room anyway. I knew that his “top-secret” safe was in his bedroom, so I switched over to that window. While looking through his window, I couldn’t find the safe. There was nothing out of place. The only things I see are a camera and a newspaper. I found that strange considering I thought newspapers didn’t exist anymore.

After returning the dog, I returned home disappointed. I must be going crazy and need to stop watching for him. I see a strange flash of light from my window. I brush it off and try to take a nap when he walks into his apartment. There he was walking quickly to his bedroom. He was pulling out that safe unlocking it to put in a hair tie full of chestnut brown hair. First he caressed it to his face, whispered to tit then put it away. He did the same for a photograph. I slammed my curtains shut breathing hard. It was the creepiest thing I have seen. I tried to brush it off and how about the rest of my day.

Once night fell, I walked past my window and opened it up for some air. I noticed that his apartment was dark and his window was also open. I was starting into the darkness of his place when a shadow moved. I freaked out and turned away. There was another quick flash of light but, when I turned back around. I decided watching him was making me paranoid. I took some melatonin and went to bed. Around midnight, I woke up to a pair of green eyes staring at me, then a white cloth with a funny smell.