Kelly Morgan wakes after her company's Christmas party with gaps in her memory and messages from an unknown number. She remembers a man named Rick, a drink, and a voice that seemed familiar. Yet the company directory contains no trace of him.

Then her phone receives messages in airplane mode, and a broken laptop refuses to stay silent. Whoever is reaching her knows pieces of her childhood that she cannot clearly recall. Blocking a number offers little comfort when the contact no longer follows ordinary rules.

Kelly returns to her family's home in Detroit for Christmas, hoping familiar surroundings will steady her. Instead, her questions meet evasions, old photographs unsettle her, and the presence draws closer. Finding out what happened at the party means uncovering a past her family has kept hidden, even as her memories and her own reflection become harder to trust.

The Other One by Paulius Kajokas is a standalone psychological horror novella from Dream Forest Publishing, bringing supernatural suspense into the screens, memories, and familiar rooms of everyday life. No series reading is required.