“Yes!” her neighbor replied, sounding relieved to share. “I heard some strange murmurs last night—thought I was going mad! And then there’s that light on the balcony,” she added with a shiver. “It flickered red out of nowhere the other night. Almost made me jump out of my skin.”
Stacey kept her face carefully blank, nodding sympathetically as if she were hearing it all for the first time. “How odd,” she murmured, humming thoughtfully. “I haven’t noticed anything unusual myself, but that sounds unsettling.” She let the statement hang, keeping her tone curious but innocent.