Hello this is a new series of stories
I'm a 28 year old who just moved to New York I wanted a fresh new start so when I saw an add for a one bed room apartment I knew that something was sending me a sign so I packed my bags and headed to New York, i arrived on a Monday I had previously been emailing back and forth with the lady who posted the add the apartment did look to bad and it was already furbished so I didn't have to worry about buying things for the place, i arrived at 8:30 in the morning the place look run down and the pictures I saw the outside looked better but I'm not complaining because the rent was only 1400 with everything included so who can really complain, I looked at my phone 8:35 it said on the screen I signed and walked to the lobby door opening it a short lady with glasses was sitting. I assumed it was Mss.Mortan who was the lady that owned this place, she looked up and smiled then stands
"You must be miss.Johns" miss. Mortan says smiling
At me
"Yes nice to formally meet you miss.Mortan" I said smiling
"Ohh please call me Martha" she said as we walked through the halls we turned a corner and walked all the way down the ball way that had red velvet carpet, I was trying to listen to miss.Mortan story on hoe this place was build in the 1800 and her grandmother use to own it and then her mother and now she owns it.
"It's been in our family generation for years" she says as she turns to look at me, I smile then she stopped into front of a door taking a key out of her pocket and unlocking it she opened the door and walked in I followed behind her.
"Well here it is" she said looking at me, I was amazed the outside maybe look rundown but the inside was beautiful,one sage green wall while the other one was white and a nice blue couch and tv to go with it,the kitchen was done nicely , I turned to her
"I love it" I said smiling at her
"Well it's yours then" she said handing me the key "I'll let you settle in Miss.Johns" she added and was walking to the door to leave, I wanted to ask her why the rent was so low but with my luck I didn't,
Hours went by and I was almost done unpacking I looked at my watch that read 12:30 am my eyes couldn't believe them self's I have been unpacking and putting everything away for so long, i guess it's time for bed as i thought to myself walking into the other room where my bed was I laid there for a while thinking until i drifted off to sleep
I sprung up feeling like Someone was watching me I looked around the room but found nothing I pulled my self up and reached for my phone on the bed side table but it wasn't there funny I remember putting my phone there before falling asleep it must be what like 5am in the morning I thought to myself. I got up from the bed turning on the bedside light so I wouldn't bump into anything and walked out to the living room there my phone was on the table where the couch was confused I picked it up and looked at the time it was only 3am, I was only sleeping for 2 hours but it felt longer shrugging my shoulders I went back to my room and curled up back in bed not forgetting to turn the lights off not a moment in time I fall back asleep.
I was rudely awaken from my sleep with a knock on my door groaning I got up to answer it looking through the peep hole first, I saw a girl with long blonde hair and looked at my age she was holding something so I unlocked the door greeting her
"Hello I'm Alex your neighbor, I just wanted to introduce myself and maybe thought you would want some coffee" she said smiling to me I looked down she had coffee in her hand the language that I speak
"Sure come right in" I said moving to let her in she walked passed me and to the kitchen table
"I'm surprised miss,Mortan let you rent this place" Alex said making the cup of coffees for us I stopped when I was getting the sugar
"Why do you say that" I asked turning to her, Alex looked nervous she leaned in a bit
"A family was murdered in your apartment" she said like something was listening to her or someone, I gotten a weird feeling in my stomach
"What" I said
"Well I mean it happened a year ago no one really talks about it...kinda sweep it under the rug you know" she said now sipping at her coffee, I was shocked
"Well I should go" Alex said getting up and walking to the door then she turned around "don't worry the apartment is not hunted" she added walking out. I walked to the door locking it was that why the rent was so low because a family was murdered in my place getting a weird feeling I decided to take a shower and not think about what Alex had just told me, the warmth of the water hitting my back I started to relax forgetting what had happened just this morning and the conversation I had. I got out of the shower but before I could rub the steam from the mirror there was a smiley face drawn into the mirror, panic ran through me as I ran out the bathroom door looking around to see if anyone was in my apartment but there on my kitchen table was a sticky note that said "I see you"
