I was slightly disappointed that they didn't comment on him cracking his back, but this story was great

Just make a new one, this one is clearly defective

Man OP is SO lucky, you know how much Eric loves eating people

I think the doughnut place is closed right now but I guess I'll try in the morning if I survive

Well I'll be sure to talk my therapist about my agression issues if I survive

Holy shit, that was creepy. Thankfully any eye contact I make with strangers is accidental and I'm too socially anxious to smile in public.

How else are you supposed to wear them?

Well that's horrifying

Hopefully she hasn't passed anything onto you. If you start experiences some strange symptoms, such as seeing the strange man or just knowing that he is around you, try signing up for a sleep study. Or recording yourself. Try getting a brain scan, and, on that note, check what was on your mother's brain scan. It could disprove this shadow man or clue you in on what he is.

And as horrible as it may seem, if you have inherited the shadow man and cannot find a way to stop him, you may want to incapacitate yourself in a manner that would prevent you from passing him onto anyone else you may know. That means ensuring you cannot speak and maybe preventing yourself from forming coherent thoughts.

Damn, I feel dumb. Thanks for informing me!

We have been trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty, Soapycreek.

Well, everyone's saying to divorce William, so I'll propose a different viewpoint.

First of all, we don't even know if this really is David. For all we know, it's a prank, or some other evil spirit who is lying to you. On the topic of lying, if it is David, we don't know if what he's saying is true.

He may be lying to you so you will divorce William, since he could be jealous and upset. He also could be mistaken about who killed him, or William could've been framed.

And, even if we assume you spoke to David, and everything he said was true, we don't know why William killed him. Maybe David was going to do something to you, or something to William. Maybe William didn't intentionally kill David.

These are all thing's we can't be sure about. OP, don't dismiss what "David" said, but don't take it as truth either. Do some investigation and report back if you find anything important.

Not one of the homies

I know you already agreed to talk to him about it, but just saying, deaths like that don't usually feel brief.

As someone who almost drowned, it's terrifying and probably the most uncomfortable you'll ever be in your life. And a few minutes can feel like an eternity when your body is fighting for its life.

Try something like sleeping pills, or any death that won't have you be conscious for it.

I should?

Maybe her mentor is trying to get rid of her so that her voice cannot be used for any sort of malicious reason

It is possible that this was an attempt by the tall woman to have you experience true heartbreak. It's a long shot, but she did act pretty weird while talking about it. And right after you denied having felt heartbreak is when she claimed you had surpassed him. Worth thinking about.

That would explain the weird order I received yesterday...

Why did you have somebody else's ID?

Possibly, but considering that both of those side effects have already been established as something that occurs when in the vicinity of the demon, it's far more likely that the demon has entered OP's house.

If you say so

Now they're safer than ever. They even have their own guard who stays outside the home to make sure there are no intruders!

This would be creepy, but that would mean that the family that owns the home never goes upstairs and only comes out at night. Actually sounds like the inverse of this story.

He'll just grab a snack from the fridge, maybe sit and watch a movie

But didn't you hear? Vaguely bad things will happen if they speak about it too much, which obviously means they shouldn't speak of it at all.