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My Husband Always Puts On Red Socks Once It’s Midnight
<p>Episode 1</p><p><br/></p><p>Every night, exactly at 12:00 a.m., my husband wakes up silently, slips out of bed, opens his drawer, and puts on a pair of red socks.</p><p><br/></p><p>The first time I saw it, I thought he was cold.</p><p>I didn’t take it seriously.</p><p><br/></p><p>I thought I knew everything about him… but there was one thing I never knew about, his nights.</p><p>And we were barely two months into our marriage.</p><p><br/></p><p>Slowly, I began to notice something unusual.</p><p><br/></p><p>Every night, he would go to bed barefoot, but once it became midnight, he would sit at the edge of the bed, stare at his feet like he was preparing for something, then put on the red socks, and quietly walk out of the room.</p><p><br/></p><p>By morning, the socks were gone.</p><p><br/></p><p>I ignored it the first night.</p><p>The second night, I thought maybe I imagined it.</p><p>But the third night… I realized it wasn’t a dream. It was a routine.</p><p>And sometimes, I heard faint voices coming from the living room.</p><p><br/></p><p>One morning, I finally asked him,</p><p><br/></p><p>“Darling… do your feet get cold at night?”</p><p><br/></p><p>He froze for a second, then laughed a little too quickly.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Cold? No. With this hot weather, who wears socks at night? Why do you ask?”</p><p><br/></p><p>I said softly,</p><p>“But some nights… I see you wearing red socks.”</p><p><br/></p><p>His face changed.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Me? Red socks? Maybe you were dreaming.”</p><p><br/></p><p>I wanted to believe him, but deep down, I knew I wasn’t dreaming.</p><p><br/></p><p>That night, I made up my mind to stay awake and catch him. But no matter how hard I tried, I drifted off, and by morning, it was 6 a.m.</p><p><br/></p><p>Last night, I couldn’t take it anymore.</p><p><br/></p><p>I did everything I could to stay awake, pretending to sleep like always.</p><p><br/></p><p>At exactly midnight, he woke up.</p><p>He turned toward me to check if I was asleep.</p><p>He even tapped me lightly.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then he sat at the edge of the bed.</p><p>Looked at his feet.</p><p>Opened the drawer.</p><p>Pulled out the red socks… and put them on.</p><p><br/></p><p>He stood up, looked back at me again, and quietly left the room.</p><p><br/></p><p>This time… I followed him.</p><p><br/></p><p>When I opened the bedroom door, the living room was completely dark.</p><p>I reached for the light switch</p><p><br/></p><p>Then a voice whispered: “Don’t.”</p><p><br/></p><p>I froze.</p><p><br/></p><p>To be continued</p>
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