The 'Other
When I was a child, I would always share ghost stories with myfriends. Gathering round together, we would share ghost stories that weheard from various people-stories of men, women, and children who wereburied alive and ghosts that 'linger' in old houses or cemeteries. Despite my fascination for ghost stories, one of my greatest fears ismy fear of ghosts, or worse, my fear that a ghost will appear before me.While I enjoy the thrill that horror stories bring me, I never thought ofmyself encountering a ghost, whom I fondly call as "The Other." Now that I am working, I stopped sharing ghost stories for its thrilland gore. I also forgot how I used to fear ghosts and anything bizarre.That is, I forgot all about these until, one day in the office where I
the scary, yet curious life of a ghostor "The Other. Oneof these changes is the ongoing construction and renovation of the newextension of the office. However, despite these positive developments in the office, someelements 'living' in the office do not agree to these changes. After about ten seconds, she noticed that the woman's feet are slowlyfading. " It was only a few months ago when strange things began happening inthe office where I work. My friendChona narrated how she first encountered about "The Other" living insidethe office when she stayed in the office for the night to have herovertime. Several changes had happened in the office. After a fewminutes, Chona opened her eyes to discover that the woman is alreadygone-or more appropriately, vanished. While I am having a coffee break with my colleagues, we were talkingabout what happened in a somewhat boisterous way. It has been three months already since welearned of "The Other," but we in the office try to ignore 'her' so that wewill be able to get on with our daily activities without fear that "TheOther" might strike again. Apparently, our boisterous conversation in the office 'disturbed' "TheOther" living in it. Chona, realizing that the woman is not an officemate and human,quickly closed her eyes and braced herself for the inevitable. News of the strange woman in the office spread immediately the nextday. Sightings of the woman with the long and curly hair continued, as well asstrange occurrences such as computers turning on suddenly, and tapping ofthe keyboards can be heard. Looking back, Chona noticed that the woman is not moving at all.
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