Ali sat at the study table in his room, unable to concentrate.125Please respect copyright.PENANALpeXSvEpBi
He leaned back, then a moment later, leaned forward again. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAav5KEPhfci
The chair wasn't uncomfortable; his thoughts were.
Sajjad's account refused to leave his mind, closely followed by his mother's. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAKGVRV0UlNM
Two people, entirely unrelated and separated by decades, had described the exact same impossible encounter. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAx9EngdOShy
That was what truly unsettled him.
Fear could distort memory, time could alter details, and stories usually grew with every retelling. 125Please respect copyright.PENANA4YPVIEbbu0
But not this one. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAxc4uH54luk
The deserted road, the drifting head, even the whispered name—everything matched perfectly.
Ali rubbed the stubble along his jaw. 125Please respect copyright.PENANA2z5YGumg4i
Except for one thing: the train horn.125Please respect copyright.PENANAE0a2sPceEI
His mother had heard it, but Sajjad hadn't mentioned it. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAeQktXLOlFi
How could two people who had never met describe almost the identical supernatural event, yet differ on that one vital detail?125Please respect copyright.PENANAK3CGqGKZSZ
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. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAYlFtdFe6OE
It did nothing to quiet his mind. 125Please respect copyright.PENANArakE97rDVW
Another thought struck him: 125Please respect copyright.PENANADTVnQ3WtNg
What if there were others? 125Please respect copyright.PENANA5Rgtni3JAW
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. 125Please respect copyright.PENANALDHdpcU9KI
His fingers moved rapidly across the keyboard, typing out queries: 125Please respect copyright.PENANASpefJZlJnq
Old Airport Road hauntings125Please respect copyright.PENANA2Kq3QKkgae
Old Airport Area paranormal sightings125Please respect copyright.PENANAymDQJp5XQm
1980–1989 unexplained incidents.
Search after search produced next to nothing.125Please respect copyright.PENANAyjIEK2DPwy
There were only a few anonymous forum discussions and old warnings advising people not to drive through the area after midnight. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAjHpLzLmCic
Nothing more. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAa2n6dN1XNx
No drifting head, no impossible train horn, no whispered name.
Ali frowned and changed the keywords, trying different years and combinations. Still, nothing. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAFKmm7gCe3h
It was almost as though the incident had never existed—or perhaps it only revealed itself to a chosen few. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAAeOMbzSvXI
His mother, and now, Sajjad.
Suddenly, his phone vibrated.125Please respect copyright.PENANAERUr2pWvUF
Sajjad's name flashed on the screen. 125Please respect copyright.PENANATnN1Ssamaa
Ali answered immediately. "Sajjad?"
"Ali..." Sajjad sounded completely exhausted.125Please respect copyright.PENANAl7s10FSqTJ
"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.125Please respect copyright.PENANAgvKO5yjqTh
"There was a train horn."
Ali’s grip tightened around the phone.125Please respect copyright.PENANAysOZqmtDg8
For one uncanny second, he could almost hear the blare himself.125Please respect copyright.PENANA6zC77baiV8
His sea-green eyes drifted toward the bedroom window.
"It was so loud," Sajjad whispered. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAoCIglAdWaM
"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. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAoRR3z2MRcX
The missing piece was no longer missing.125Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1Sfpt0p4I
Sajjad had heard it too—the impossible train horn on the same deserted road.
Perhaps it wasn't really a train horn. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAa71VRgjxXD
Perhaps the human mind simply interpreted it that way. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAioswVCYONT
He had once read about strange atmospheric sounds, low-frequency vibrations, and acoustic anomalies, but those scientific explanations belonged elsewhere.125Please respect copyright.PENANAj5aSEV7Iwi
Not here. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAw8VvoK6W2q
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. 125Please respect copyright.PENANArt3oik2Zfe
"I asked you another question."
Silence lingered on the line. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAZInz4r4hqk
"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. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAog8cJp43fR
"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. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAR8mdIkWKV5
Raza. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAAwcDmTFY0y
His uncle's name.125Please respect copyright.PENANAaoBxjkRv4w
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. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAkk8jjCzHBq
"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.125Please respect copyright.PENANAh0Od6SOcVL
His gaze drifted toward the glowing laptop screen as cold perspiration broke out across his forehead.125Please respect copyright.PENANAqX7YtCAACr
Sajjad wasn't Raza—not officially.125Please respect copyright.PENANAPwHMDtifnk
Yet, whatever haunted that deserted road had called him by the one private name almost nobody knew.
Why?125Please respect copyright.PENANAFgqR541ngp
Ali's mind raced. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAdcEvEMVZXf
Ali walked into the bathroom and splashed cold water over his face. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAZf0I7KV8vM
When he raised his head, his reflection stared back at him. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAHQ4eT91Vs3
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. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAqij1FDWYGJ
Sleep refused to come. 125Please respect copyright.PENANAWKoGVQJArJ
Only one question echoed relentlessly in the darkness: 125Please respect copyright.PENANAsTWgWcfOUE
If that voice has been calling out for Raza all these years... which Raza is it actually searching for?
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