Do Not Disturb

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A man has been living alone in room 14 of the Starlight Motel for nearly a year, long enough to know the building's sounds and routines and particular sadness. One Tuesday in October, the couple next door begins screaming — and what he hears changes into something else entirely. The ice machine on the second floor cycles every forty minutes, without fail.

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