Bridgman's Short Story: The Haunted House

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Twas the night of Halloween when all of a sudden, the electricity in the entire town of Bridgman went off. Cars zooming, loud noises echoing, the town was in a cluster. Everyone hiding in their homes or driving to be with family and friends. By midnight, not a single person could be seen, everybody hidden away. All except one girl who couldn’t fall asleep due to nervous butterflies in her stomach, for tomorrow was her wedding day. The plans were in place, the tux was tailored, and the dress had been altered, but she still couldn’t shake the feeling that something would go wrong. Then her reading light ran out of batteries and she realized that there was no electricity. How in the world could she have a wedding in the dark? With a sick
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Filling a cup with coffee and vanilla creamer, a realization came across her mind. “Today’s my wedding day!” she exclaimed. What she didn’t notice was that she was drinking last night’s coffee that was just barely warm, and there was still no electricity. The town had an eery feel to it as she slung her Michael Kors purse over her shoulder and pulled on her Ugg boots, there was no reason to get dressed if she was just going to get dolled up again anyway. As she pulled out of the driveway in her 2010 Volkswagen Jetta, she noticed that the roads were empty and the businesses were all closed for the …show more content…
Friends and family crowded Olivia as she walked through the front doors. They stripped her of her fuzzy pink pajamas, and caked make-up onto her unwashed face.All with the light from the sun through the windows. It only took about an hour to finally get Olivia ready to walk the aisle. Her dress was a stunning pearly white, with floral patterns covering her shoulders showing the faintest of skin on her tan skinned back. The dress tightening at her waist and then spooling out onto the floor. Her father met her at the doors to the huge ¨Beauty and the Beast¨ library, they locked arms and the doors flew open. Heads turned, gasps were made, but the best sight of all was the look on her fiance's

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