Chapter 28

"Want to get up and have some watermelon? We just bought some."

Only then did I notice Dad was holding a fruit knife.

I relaxed slightly: "No thanks, you guys go ahead. I need to sleep, I have work tomorrow."

They looked at me for a moment, then left without saying anything.

Lying in bed, I was wide awake.

Thinking back on recent events, everything started with that overheard sleep-talking.

Could what I heard that night be true?

I tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep until the middle of the night. I got up to get a glass of water from the kitchen.

But something felt off.

It was like I had forgotten something important.

Standing alone in the living room for a long while, I suddenly realized—

There was no watermelon in the kitchen at all!

I even checked the fridge again, but there weren't even any leftover watermelon rinds!