Keeps deleting 2 extra invisible file when emptying trash

When i check my trash bin, it's empty, but if i try to delete just one empty file, for example, an empty folder, and i go and use 'Secure empty trash', it displays 3 items being deleted and takes about 5 seconds each time or more just to delete an empty file? WHY? thanks

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