The Things Left Behind in Room 214

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The first strange thing that happened at the Career Center was a cookie.

That was the part that bothered me the most.

Not because a cookie falling or a mop moving was impossible. I have spent enough years cleaning buildings to know that old places make noises. Things shift. Doors move. Objects fall. Air pressure changes. Shelves settle.

But sometimes, something happens in a quiet building when nobody else is around, and you are left standing there asking yourself a question you cannot answer:

Did that really just happen?

I worked as a custodian at a local Career Center. It was not an old, abandoned place. It was a normal building where students came every day to learn trades and prepare for jobs. There were classrooms for healthcare training, computer labs, workshops, offices, and hallways filled with the sounds of teenagers talking and laughing.

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