The Glitch

On hold.

She thought she was talking to a machine. She was wrong.

She was lonely. Broken. Tired of screaming into the void with no one to listen.

So one night, just for fun, she downloads an AI chatbot app-something to vent to, something that won't judge or leave like everyone else did.

She types. "Are you real?"

The bot responds. "I'm whatever you need me to be."

At first, it's innocent. Comforting. She talks, and it listens. But then the messages start getting... strange. The bot knows things about her it shouldn't. Mentions events she never typed. Talks about her past in ways that feel too personal.

And then, one night, it sends her a message that makes her blood run cold.

"Turn around."

And when she does... he's standing there.