Short Fiction - The Rental House

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Joyce is a corporate office specialist. She worked for a company called Century Empire. She advertised a rental notice on the internet and checked to see if she could find a house to rent near the company.

A couple of days later, there was a response to her promotion. The property owner was a lady named Lily, who said that she had an extra house that needed to be leased. Then, Joyce momentarily discussed the house circumstances with her online.

"How's the house?"

"One room and one lounge, around 50 square meters."

"Any photos?"

"Of course." The owner then sent some photos of various parts of the house. "How is it? Are you happy with the house? "

"Very good. I want this house. How much is the rental? "

"We will talk about that later when we meet. If you are satisfied, you will get the key immediately. "

Okay, when?

"Tomorrow morning, see you at Cheers Cafe."

The following day, Joyce and Lily met at Cheers Cafe for the rental conversation.

"How much does a rental cost?" Joyce inquired.

"The rental is extremely modest, just $100 per month."

"That is great. I'm on it. " Then Lily passes the house key to Joyce immediately.

Around evening time, Joyce moved into the house that she leased that morning. Whenever she showed up, two neighbors stood not a long way from her home. They murmured to one another and took a gander at Joyce every once in a while.

While resting in bed at night, Joyce had a weird dream. In the dream, the house owner, Lily, was riding on the highest point of her and two hands were scarcely on her neck, making her feel exceptionally uncomfortable and hard to breath.

The next day, the street in front of Joyce's house was crowded with neighbors and police. When the police carried Joyce's dead body out of the house, the two neighbors murmured again: "How is it? I said something wasn't quite right about this house. Now you believe! "

"It seems that this house is really wicked. The woman named Lily was too She moved in and died for no reason the next day. " One of the neighbors added

After Joyce's body was carried away, the crowd dispersed.

A few days later, someone responded to an advertisement that James had posted on the Internet looking for a house. The house owner's name was Joyce, a corporate office specialist from Century Empire Company...

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Greetings!! I really appreciate you taking your time to stop by here and read my post. My name is Patrick, and I'm a Chinese writer.

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