Lightning Never Strikes Twice
A few miles off the cost of Cape Cod, sits the island of Nantucket. On this island, during the 1600's lived the Haley family. Tom Haley was the only tobacco farmer on the island and due to this fact they were extremely wealthy. Their estate was the largest on Nantucket and was located right over a beautiful cliff. Tom and his wife Janice ate breakfast every morning at 6:00am everyday with their son Garnet. Late Thursday night a storm was getting very close to their house until a bright fist from the heavens stroked down on their chimney and collapsing the house, killing the entire Haley family. As the legend of the family goes their souls were not able to escape the rubble and float into the sky. Therefore their soul will inhabit the house until their able to escape. Their souls will reside there until they find another soul to watch over the house. Three months ago. Steve Windmere a wealthy young CEO of AT&T is driving around Nantucket looking for a new house to settle in. When he comes across the most beautiful house he has ever seen. He loved every bit of it from the aged gray shingles to the pealing paint off the white shutters. With a happy surprise he sees a Murrey's real estate
The next thing Steve remembers is waking up in a Dumpster outside his house. He wondered if it all was a dream. So he decided to stay awake till 6:oo am again. The next morning around 5:00am Steve fell asleep against his will. Luckily at exactly 5:56am another crack of thunder woke him up. He scrambles to the kitchen and is happy to see the Haley's are there again. He sits down to talk with them. He starts off by saying, "What was that for!?" The Haley's pounce on top of Steve paralyzing him. Also at this exact moment a bolt of lightning came crashing down on the chimney, and the whole house collapses again. This time the ghosts of the Haley's were able to escape through cracks in the rubble, but Steve's soul still resides in the collapsed house watching and waiting for another soul to watch the house for him. The next day he purchased new furniture for his new house, so he could stay there as soon as possible. He loved all the furniture he bought and thought it was the most commutable pieces of furniture he has ever witnessed. While he was moving in his furniture he noticed it was starting to rain. That didn't bother him he knew that it was going to rain all week. He then went in to his house and had a drink and lay down on his new green Italian leather couch. He thought to himself how soft and comfortable the couch is. The soft, smooth, comfortable, he fell asleep smelling the brand new leather. The Haley's say, "Smooth move ace, now as a family, we have decided to either kill you or just steal your soul." Steve Replies, "I still think you should make like my pants and split!"
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Approximate Word count = 1132
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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