Alex

Hello, and welcome to Stories All The Time.

Glad you are here.

Let's get into it.

My best friend Trina and I have been planning a trip to California for years now, but after spending a first night in Beverly Hills' newest and most luxurious hotel, I'm not sure we'll be around in the morning to actually enjoy the rest of our stay.

You see, everything was great in the beginning.

Of course, the plane ride was awful, and listening to a child cry for the next five hours during any flight would drive anyone crazy.

But after we finally landed, it's safe to say the wait was definitely worth it.

It's beautiful here, and I was hoping we would wake up early to just relax and walk around the city after a nice breakfast.

But at the moment, it's currently one in the morning, and I'm doing my best to ignore the thing trying to get my attention by the window.

We wanted a luxury experience on this vacation, so we put in the extra effort to save up and spend a couple of nights in one of the city's newest and most popular establishments, the Recreation Hotel.

It was amazing when we got here.

And the staff was so friendly, it's like we've known them for years.

Nothing felt wrong.

And if I had to bet on anything, never in a million years would I have ever imagined this place to be so terrifying.

Trina was the one who found the letter in a drawer of her nightstand.

She laughed, thinking it was a weird prank left behind by previous guests to speak whoever found it.

Inside was a list of rules, and now I understand that whoever left this behind for us wasn't trying to be funny at all, but was rather giving us a chance to stay alive.

It looks like I have some time at the moment, so I'll tell you what they are.

Not only will it keep my mind off things, but this will also be a warning to anyone who reads this, so that they know to never book a stay in this place.

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