Friday, March 8, 2013

Neighbors


Exhausted, Hank stumbled into the house.  What was he thinking going out in the storm?  The rain, falling in torrents, was driven sideways by the wind.  Trees were down and the electricity was out.  He was lucky neither lightening nor falling debris hit him. 

What was he thinking?  He was thinking about the new neighbors, a young couple moved out into the country from the city for the fresh air. 

It turned out to be a good thing, his going over to check on them.  A ruptured gas line had filled their house leaving them on the verge of asphyxiation.

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