Justified Paranoia

"Dude, you're afraid of the dark?"
At twenty-four, Sara is a senior in college.....that's deathly afraid of the dark. When her secret is revealed on a horrible whim, she risks becoming the laughingstock of the University.
It's said that the most life-altering events happen in less than a minute.
But can four minutes change a person's mind?

(A short story on Nyctophobia.)