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freezer was. At first, I thought it was Mary who was trying to scare me, so I didn’t pay attention to it. But then I saw her in the front of the store, which is far from the freezer, and freaked out. I asked her, "Mary, were you just by the freezer like ten minutes ago?" "NO," she told me. "I was here in the front covering up some bread. Why?" I got the feeling that someone was watching me, my heart started beating fast, and my hands were sweating. I looked at her and said, "I saw someone walking to the freezer; I swear I'm not lying to you." She got pale and said, "It’s the baker! I've had the feeling of someone watching me all day!" I laughed a little bit since I didn’t think it was the baker at first. I was more afraid that someone had entered the store without us noticing. She was really pale and kept on saying, "I think you just saw the baker, Tania." Of course, I was getting an uneasy feeling about all of it. I just didn’t show her how nervous I really was because I thought she was trying to pull a prank on me or something similar. Part of my work is to wash the trays at night before leaving. To do so, I have to go to the kitchen that is in the back of the store, and it's far from everything else. That night I had left that for last when I usually do it first, but I was too scared to do so. At the same time, I knew I just couldn’t leave them dirty, so I decided to just go and get it over with. When I was finishing up washing them, all the lights went off, and I heard Mary asking, "Tania, I'm not ready! Turn on the light!!" I almost fainted and ran to the front of the store and told her that I hadn't turned off the lights. By that time, I was really scared and had started believing that maybe there are such things as ghosts. We decided to get out of there and go home. I live really close to the bakery. I just have to walk for five minutes, and

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