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In the bedroom,I stood in front of the bedside table,looking at the vibrating phone,hesitating whether to answer it.
Just as I was about to reach out,the call ended.
A gust of wind blew,and the curtains fluttered from side to side.
When I lay down,the phone rang again!
It was still the same strange number!
I don't care anymore!
Whether it's a ghost or a demon,come at me!
I haven't done anything wrong!
At most,I once found two hundred dollars and spent it all since I couldn't find the owner.
When I answered the phone,there came a scolding voice on the other end.
"What's going on?Why didn't you answer my call?Mike,I thought you weren't at the hospital.Why did I seem to see you just now?"
Hearing the familiar loud voice,I finally felt a bit more at ease.
It turned out to be Ernie.His phone had run out of battery,so he used someone else's phone to call me.
I briefly told him about what happened with Grace.
Ernie told me that Jason had been rescued.
I quickly asked why he had called me so late.
It turned out that Jason's phone had gotten wet,and he couldn't contact his family.Ernie could only run around and help out.
When the incident happened,someone in the crowd called the police,saying that they saw Jason being pushed into the river!
However,after the incident,the person who called the police couldn't be found.Then the police started investigating everywhere,and Ernie was also questioned and made a statement,which delayed him until now.
After saying all this,Ernie was about to hang up the phone.I asked again if Jason had said anything.
Ernie didn't answer but asked me,
"Mike,what's wrong with you?Jason has already woken up and is okay.He didn't say anything.Why are you so worried about Jason?You've been acting strange all day.Did something happen?"
I didn't know how to tell Ernie about this.
I myself hadn't figured out this matter yet.Jason was clearly supposed to have been dead for a week,yet he appeared again!
And he was alive!
And he had drowned again!
But this time,he was rescued and didn't die.
I could only muddle through and tell Ernie not to think too much.
Ernie didn't care about my evasion.Instead,he said seriously,
"Mike,I know I'm not very smart and I'm just average at everything.But as long as you consider me a brother,if there's anything you need,just tell me.I won't say a word of complaint!"
"Okay,thank you,Ernie."
After the call ended,I held the slightly warm phone.
The messy thoughts in my mind that I couldn't sort out finally found a thread!
I think I know what to do.
I quickly changed my clothes,grabbed the keys,and went out.
After walking two steps,I felt my wrist was empty.Remembering Grace's words,I turned back and put on the watch that I had left in the bathroom.
Since I had already promised Grace,I must keep my word.
Even for a very small thing,I can't break my promise.
By the time I took a taxi to the police station,it was already two thirty in the morning.
I asked the police if there was a police officer with a full beard who had come to see me.
As soon as the person heard this,he directly said that there were no police officers with beards in the police force.The overall appearance had to be consistent.
He asked me if I had mistaken.I described the appearance of that police officer in detail again.
He had a square face,a full beard,and a mole on the left side of his nose.
This appearance was very memorable.How could I have remembered it wrong,let alone mistaken him for someone else?
The police officer who received me once again said that there was no such person in the police station.
He couldn't just show me the photos of other serving police officers either.
He also asked me what was wrong and what the police officer I mentioned had said to me.
I suddenly realized that this matter was not a simple supernatural event!
I didn't tell the police officer the truth.Instead,I said that the bearded police officer was chasing a thief.According to a witness who saw the thief lingering in front of my house,he came to ask me some questions.
I quickly changed the subject and muddled through,then left the police station.
The man with the beard,wearing a police uniform and having an ID,but he wasn't a police officer in the police station.
Jason,who had clearly drowned,was alive again!
So,who was that mysterious bearded man?
Could it be that he was the ghost?
