I Heard My Name in an Empty House

I was home alone when I heard someone call my name from the kitchen.

Not loud. Not dramatic. Just a normal voice, like someone trying to get my attention.

I walked into the kitchen and found nothing. The back door was locked. Windows closed. Nobody else was in the house.

I told myself it was probably a sound from outside.

Then it happened again, but this time from upstairs.

The voice was calm, almost familiar, but I could not place it. I left the house and waited outside until my roommate came home.

The strangest part is that my roommate said the same thing happened to him a week later. He heard his name from the kitchen when he was alone.

We moved out two months later.