He said it was a security precaution. A peephole would let me see who was at the door, and I could keep out the sketchy, unsavory people. I tried not to laugh, thinking about a peephole in a junker car. He was so serious. Saying just because we lived in a car, didn’t mean we couldn’t be safe.
What he didn’t tell me was that he was the boogie man, he was the monster I needed to escape.
If he’d’ve put the peephole in just a few inches to the right, I wouldn’t’ve had to worry about anything any more.
Thin spiral notebook 
loved this….was instantly drawn in…
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it’s such a bone chilling moment when you realize that you just don’t know a person at all. You never did.
The suspense and the last line were spot on.
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Saw where this was going and it still got me.
Those fears are the worst and you took me in. Well done
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I liked it, though I found the second paragraph a little on-the-nose. We’re going to come to that conclusion organically after the last para if it’s fleshed-out.
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This gave me chills. Creepy, creep, creepy!
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Whoa. That first line was a grabber. I loved this. Really super creepy.
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