LADY ON THE BEACH....PAGE 5

 LADY ON THE BEACH.....PAGE 5

MICHAEL STONE RAN ALONG THE BEACH, AS THE SUN ROSE.

IT IS HIS FAVORITE TIME OF THE DAY

ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD, NO PHONES, NO PEOPLE JUST GOD

GIVING MANKIND ANOTHER DAY.  MICHEAL JOGGED ALONG THE WATER.

THE ONLY PERSON THAT COULD RUIN THIS MOMENT, WAS SALLY.  SHE IS ALWAYS

LURKING SOMEWHERE SPYING ON EVERYONE.  MOST OF THE LOCALS THINK SHE IS CRAZY, 

AFTER SHE LOST HER HUSBAND AND CHILD DURING A TROPICAL STORM.  A FEW YEARS 

BACK.  MICHAEL KNOWS SHE ISN'T CRAZY, SHE IS JUST LONELY, GRIEVING OF WHAT SHE 

HAD AND WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.  MICHAEL SAW SALLY UP AHEAD, AS IF WAITING 

FOR HIM

MICHAEL STOPPED, STANDING IN FRONT OF SALLY

SALLY HELD OUT A CUP OF COFFE.  MICHAEL ACCEPTED IT.

"WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY?"  MICHAEL ASKED

"SHE'S BACK.  THE LADY ON THE BEACH.  I SAW HER LAST NIGHT.  SOMETHING

TERRIBLE GOING TO HAPPEN....JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FAMILY...I SAW HER THAT 

NIGHT."  SALLY SAID

MICHAEL TOOK A DIP OF COFFE

"I FILMED HER. BI TRIED TO WARN THE OTHERS, BUT THEY THINK I'M CRAZY."  SALLY SAID.

"YOU ARE NOT CRAZY."  MICHAEL SAID.  "SHOW ME WHAT YOU FILMED"

"IN FRONT OF OLE MAN'S PETERSON HOUSE.  LOIS RENTED IT OUT."  SALLY SAID

MICHAEL WATCHED THE VIDEO ON HER PHONE.  "COULD BE THE NEW TENANT"

"IN A WEDDING DRESS AND VEIL, ON THE BEACH, AND A WAY CRASHED ON HER

AND TOOK HER BACK INTO THE WATER.  JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED 20 YEARS AGO."

"LOOKS LIKE THAT IS EXCATLY WHAT HAPPENED."  MICHAEL SAID, HANDING BACK HER

PHONE.

"THINK WE SHOULD GO TO THE POLICE?"  SALLY ASKED

"WHY DON'T WE GO AND MEET THIS NEW TENANT."  MICHAEL STATED.

"OKAY."  SALLY SAID

THE TWO OF THEM WALKED DOWN THE BEACH.  MICHAEL LISTENED TO

SALLY RAMBLE ON, KNOWING THIS IS GOING TO BE AS GOOD AS HIS DAY WILL BE.

"THERE'S A CAR THERE IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE."  MICHAEL SAID

"LOOK THERE IS A BODY!"  SALLY SAID, AS THE TWO OF THEM TOOK OFF RUNNING.

SALLY PICKED UP A WEDDING VEIL.  MICHAEL WALKED OVER TO THE BODY.

MICHAEL SAW A WOMAN COVERED IN SAND, NOT MOVING, HE BENT DOWN

CHECKING FOR A PULSE.  "NOW YOU CAN CALL THE POLICE, TELL THEM I TOLD YOU

TO"  MICHAEL SAID.

MICHAEL STOOD UP, LOOKING AROUND AND THOUGHT, "WELL, THERE IS A LADY ON

THE BEACH, IN A WEDDING DRESS,"

DIDN'T TAKE LONG, FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN ARRIVED, WANTING THE SCOOP ON THE NEWEST

SIGHTING ON THE BEACH.  POLICE ARRIVED, AMBULANCE ARRIVED, THE REPORTER FOR

THE LOCAL PAPER.  MICHAEL STEPPED ASIDE, AS EVERY ONE WERE EITHER TAKING 

PICTURES OR STREAMING IT LIVE.

THEN WHEN THE LADY MOVED, EVERYONE GASPED, AND A BIT DISAPPOINTED

SHE WAS ALIVE

MICHAEL LOOKED BACK AT THE LADY AND DROPPED HIS COFFEE. "IT CAN'T BE."

"WHAT IS IT?"  SALLY ASKED.

"THAT IS MAGGIE MARTIN, THE ROMANCE WRITER."  MICHAEL SAID.

"YOU KNOW HER?"  SALLY ASKED.

"SHE'S MY HIGHSCHOOL SWEETHEART, SHE DUMPED ME WHEN SHE WENT TO COLLEGE

AFTER I ASKED HER TO MARRY ME....WE WERE ONLY 18"  MICHAEL STATED

"THE LEGEND IS CORRECT. LADY ON THE BEACH. 2 LONG LOST LOVERS.  SOMETHING BAD IS

GOING TO HAPPEN"  SALLY SAID.

" SALLY, YOU ARE SO RIGHT.  THIS IS SO NOT GOING TO END WELL.  MICHAEL SAID. "THIS

IS A BAD OMEN.  YOU ARE RIGHT.  KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN."  MICHAEL SAID