Welcome to Scary Story Podcast. What could possibly be stronger than love, right? Fear. Fear can be

stronger. And in this story, a woman discovers that for herself. My name is Edwin. And here's a scary story.

I never believed in love at first sight.

People who claim to just know always struck me as overly romantic, fake.

Love, I thought, was born out of seeing a person, getting to know them, caring about them.

All pretty logical and predictable.

But then I met Daniel, and all those ideas went away.

It didn't just fall for him. I was consumed by him.

The first time we met was at a bookstore.

I know, I know, stereotypical.

I wasn't even looking for anything in particular, just wandering the aisles, running my fingers

over the spines of books I'd never read.

But then there he was, standing in the next aisle.

His head tilted to the side as he examined a used copy of 100 years of solitude.

Even the way I remember this title is something I can't explain.

I didn't even notice when I stopped walking.

My gaze simply locked onto him.

It was completely natural.

The way a magnet moves toward metal. We spoke for a bit,

just a few words about the book in his hands. His voice was low and warm, like the hum of a storm

that was about to arrive. It was nothing remarkable, really, but when I left the store that day,

I couldn't stop thinking

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