Ali sat at the study table in his room, unable to concentrate.6Please respect copyright.PENANAEpIvPelQn9
He leaned back, then a moment later, leaned forward again. 6Please respect copyright.PENANANUQLyHv3xR
The chair wasn't uncomfortable; his thoughts were.
Sajjad's account refused to leave his mind, closely followed by his mother's. 6Please respect copyright.PENANA75QN2xHhoi
Two people, entirely unrelated and separated by decades, had described the exact same impossible encounter. 6Please respect copyright.PENANA8FfG1X25F6
That was what truly unsettled him.
Fear could distort memory, time could alter details, and stories usually grew with every retelling. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAUmW3HxmsnB
But not this one. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAQlGtWZE1rT
The deserted road, the drifting head, even the whispered name—everything matched perfectly.
Ali rubbed the stubble along his jaw. 6Please respect copyright.PENANApLR23TRkst
Except for one thing: the train horn.6Please respect copyright.PENANA16aBr1sSgY
His mother had heard it, but Sajjad hadn't mentioned it. 6Please respect copyright.PENANA2vm6P5DK5E
How could two people who had never met describe almost the identical supernatural event, yet differ on that one vital detail?6Please respect copyright.PENANAk6wAw6jssZ
Ali refused to dismiss it as a mere coincidence.
He walked over to the water dispenser, poured a glass, and emptied it in one long gulp. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAWG0jxzqYQP
It did nothing to quiet his mind. 6Please respect copyright.PENANABTloTU2QmZ
Another thought struck him: 6Please respect copyright.PENANAiFM1BHFOlR
What if there were others? 6Please respect copyright.PENANA8Rhje7izBN
Other people who had traveled that lonely road after dark, seen something terrifying, and chosen to stay silent.
He returned to his desk and opened his laptop, the screen illuminating the dark room with a pale blue glow. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAKkV4MkvLqV
His fingers moved rapidly across the keyboard, typing out queries: 6Please respect copyright.PENANA5a92wZGPOK
Old Airport Road hauntings6Please respect copyright.PENANAFLPUMCh0ZE
Old Airport Area paranormal sightings6Please respect copyright.PENANAIZLjbajqmI
1980–1989 unexplained incidents.
Search after search produced next to nothing.6Please respect copyright.PENANAgIDngBtu84
There were only a few anonymous forum discussions and old warnings advising people not to drive through the area after midnight. 6Please respect copyright.PENANA84YW6zjGsb
Nothing more. 6Please respect copyright.PENANARMIBh1JGN8
No drifting head, no impossible train horn, no whispered name.
Ali frowned and changed the keywords, trying different years and combinations. Still, nothing. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAjPxpLM0Vj9
It was almost as though the incident had never existed—or perhaps it only revealed itself to a chosen few. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAbPIREAVH3H
His mother, and now, Sajjad.
Suddenly, his phone vibrated.6Please respect copyright.PENANAsGj14bcvZ7
Sajjad's name flashed on the screen. 6Please respect copyright.PENANASGtJlvVPlt
Ali answered immediately. "Sajjad?"
"Ali..." Sajjad sounded completely exhausted.6Please respect copyright.PENANAr7yZhxf3ix
"I've been thinking about what you asked me in the cafeteria."
Ali remained silent, listening intently.
"You asked whether I heard anything else out there," Sajjad whispered.
Ali straightened in his chair, nodding instinctively. "And you said you hadn't."
"I remembered something," Sajjad said, his voice trembling as the memory resurfaced.6Please respect copyright.PENANAFGwI6SAY39
"There was a train horn."
Ali’s grip tightened around the phone.6Please respect copyright.PENANAo1yvbliP8h
For one uncanny second, he could almost hear the blare himself.6Please respect copyright.PENANAyRi3Zcf3yf
His sea-green eyes drifted toward the bedroom window.
"It was so loud," Sajjad whispered. 6Please respect copyright.PENANA9yHoCjbhlk
"It felt as though it was blasting right inside my head. It just kept screeching. But there isn't even a railway track anywhere near that road. I'm certain of it. My breathing went entirely uneven... I don't know whether it was the sound or that drifting head keeping pace right beside my car, but I nearly lost control."
Ali slowly closed his eyes. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAYvMg4Cwmrg
The missing piece was no longer missing.6Please respect copyright.PENANAp8YCN4H0vN
Sajjad had heard it too—the impossible train horn on the same deserted road.
Perhaps it wasn't really a train horn. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAAkVocLpHsr
Perhaps the human mind simply interpreted it that way. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAXe7Ge8AArH
He had once read about strange atmospheric sounds, low-frequency vibrations, and acoustic anomalies, but those scientific explanations belonged elsewhere.6Please respect copyright.PENANAkfSIHj7pz4
Not here. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAD01K6EH72v
Not on an ordinary road in the middle of the city.
"Sajjad..." Ali finally broke out of his thoughts, realizing his friend was still waiting on the line. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAKhClinqt4G
"I asked you another question."
Silence lingered on the line. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAC5Qyrm8dAy
"Are you there, Sajjad?" Ali asked, impatience creeping into his voice.
Sajjad replied slowly, "You asked whether... whether the phantom head called my name three times."
"Did it?" Ali asked, holding his breath.
"Yes." Sajjad swallowed hard. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAHrabGHy8oB
"But... it didn't call me by the name everyone knows."
Ali's pulse quickened.
"It called another name."
"What name?"
After another agonizing pause, Sajjad whispered, "Raza."
Ali froze, his sea-green eyes widening. 6Please respect copyright.PENANADbC5tiheus
Raza. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAVvV7hR3Coc
His uncle's name.6Please respect copyright.PENANAzpPY78BsbO
The exact same name his mother had heard all those years ago.
"But..." Ali murmured, "that isn't your name."
"No," Sajjad’s voice trembled. 6Please respect copyright.PENANANmiEY7O1hW
"My mother used to call me Raza when I was little. No one else knew. And I've been hearing someone call that name ever since she passed away."
The line fell dead silent.
Ali slowly lowered the phone.6Please respect copyright.PENANA1hEnSBUsZv
His gaze drifted toward the glowing laptop screen as cold perspiration broke out across his forehead.6Please respect copyright.PENANAg9KyTt4sfK
Sajjad wasn't Raza—not officially.6Please respect copyright.PENANA42Jhck5Rbc
Yet, whatever haunted that deserted road had called him by the one private name almost nobody knew.
Why?6Please respect copyright.PENANAQwrVKbp0oP
Ali's mind raced. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAOaCizGxeTp
Ali walked into the bathroom and splashed cold water over his face. 6Please respect copyright.PENANA4kkj9uJeLi
When he raised his head, his reflection stared back at him. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAcuj787Xr0l
Sea-green eyes—restless, searching, and filled with questions the mirror couldn't answer.
He returned to his room, closed the laptop, and lay down on his bed. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAPrbwDJvKsh
Sleep refused to come. 6Please respect copyright.PENANAL2JbH03JTQ
Only one question echoed relentlessly in the darkness: 6Please respect copyright.PENANAQwVixMY8DM
If that voice has been calling out for Raza all these years... which Raza is it actually searching for?
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