Whispers in the Night

It was a humid summer night in the bustling city of Mumbai. The streets were alive with the sounds of honking cars, shouting vendors, and the occasional barking of a stray dog. But inside a small, modest apartment on the third floor of a worn-down building, a different kind of heat was building. Rajani, a young woman with thick, black hair that flowed down to her waist, was home alone. Her roommate was out of town for the weekend, leaving her with the entire apartment to herself. She had just fi