A stranger on the train kept sending me photographs of myself through AirDrop.
The final photograph was taken from inside my locked apartment.
The fear works because the device is ordinary enough to be trusted, then becomes evidence that the room is no longer private.
It follows the house rule: exactly two sentences, with the turn doing more than adding a monster. It changes the reader’s interpretation of the setup.
Motion Alert
The motion alert showed a woman standing motionless in my backyard at 2:11 a.m.
Face ID
My phone unlocked with Face ID while I was asleep alone in the apartment.
Sleep App
My sleep app congratulated me for finally getting eight uninterrupted hours.
Deleted User
I deleted my dead husband’s account because seeing his name online hurt too much.
Family Album
My mother insisted the stranger appearing in every childhood photograph was just a developing defect.