A Writer's Life

 LADY ON THE BEACH.....PAGE 8 MAGGIE STEPPED OUT OF THE BATHROOM, NOTICING AN ORANGE CAT ON THE BED AND MICHAEL LEANING AGAINST THE DRESSER.  "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" MICHAEL SMILED, "I BROUGHT YOUR SUITCASE UP.  YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE DONE?" "I NEED SOME TIME ALONE.  PLEASE LEAVE."  MAGGIE SAID, OPENING THE SUITCASE, GRABBING A YELLOW SUNDRESS AND WALKED BACK INTO THE BATHROOM TO CHANGE MICHAEL DIDN'T LEAVE, HE WAITED. MAGGIE WALKING OUT OF THE BATHROOM, HER WET HAIR FALLING PAST HER SHOULDERS "WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?"  MAGGIE ASKED. I LIVE HERE AND THIS IS MY ROOM."  MICHAEL SAID SMILING "THOUGHT SALLY LIVED HERE?"  MAGGIE SAID "SHE COMES AND GOES.  I WA HIRED TO FIX THINGS UP ROUND FOR YOU, BUT YOU ARE EARLY. "  MICHAEL SAID "I NEED TO GO TO TOWN AND GET A FEW THINGS."  MAGGIE SAID " THINK YOU SHOULD CHECK YOUR PHONE."  MICHAEL SAID MAGGIE GRABBED HER PHONE. "I HAVE GONE VIRAL....

 LADY ON THE BEACH.......PAGE 7 LUCY AWAKENS, SEEING PEOPLE LOOKING DOWN AT HER "SHE'S ALIVE, SHE'S ALIVE" SOMEONE YELLED, LUCY LOOKED AROUND, "THINK I WISHED I WAS DEAD" A HAND REACHED OUT TO HER, TO HELP HER UP. SHE DIDN'T TAKE IT.  "WHAT'S GOING ON?  WHY ARE YOU ALL HERE?" MAGGIE WAS CONFUSED.  SHE LOOKED DOWN SEEING SHE IS STILL IN HER WEDDING DRESS.  NOW SHE REMEMBERS. "BACK OFF!  I AM FINE, AS HER HEAD POUNDED AND FELT LIKE THROWING UP "OH MY GOSH!  IT'S MAGGIE MARTIN WHO GOT LEFT AT THE ALTAR"  SOMEONE YELLED A MAN PUSHED THROUGH THE CROWD. HE DIDN'T SPEAK. HE BENT DOWN, PICKING HER  UP WITHOUT ASKING.  HE HEADED TOWARD THE BEACH HOUSE, WITH SALLY FOLOWING THE TWO OF THEM "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"  MAGGIE ASKED. "SAVING YOU FROM THE MEDIA, THOUGH YOU DON'T DESERVE IT." HE DROPPED HER ON THE LIVING ROOM RUG WHICH WAS OUT DATED AND STAINED MAGGIE HIT THE HARD FLOOR, LOOKING UP AT THE MAN.  ...

 LADY ON THE BEACH.......PAGE 6   LADY ON THE BEACH RETURNS LADY ON THE BEACH WAS FOUND IN FRONT OF OLE PETERSON'S BEACH HOUSE THE WOMAN WHO IS KNOWN AS ONLY SALLY CALLED IT IN WOMAN ON THE BEACH WAS WEARING A BRIDAL GOWN AND VEIL IF LEGEND IS CORRECT SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAVE A BAD, VERY BAD WINTER ALSO MICHAEL OF DOLPHIN COVE ONCE WAS ENGAGED GO THE LADY ON THE BEACH GOING TO BE AN AWESOME SUMMER FOR THE GOSSIP COMMUNITY ARTICLE TAKEN FROM  THE DOLPHIN REPORTER  

 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...

 LADY ON THE BEACH......PAGE 4 MAGGIE DROVE THE CLASSIC, RESTORED 74 NOVA STILL WEARING HER CUSTOM MADE WEDDING DRESSAND VAIL. IT'S BEEN TWO DAYS SINCE SHE WAS LEFT AT THE ALTAR MAGGIE WAS NEVER SO EMBARRESSED, NOT THAT SHE WAS LEFT AT THE ALTAR, BUT BECAUSE SHE IS A BESTSELLING ROMANCE AUTHOR, AND SHE COULDN'T GET HER HAPPILY EVER AFTER...IS THAT TO MUCH TO ASK?    MAGGIE FLED THE CITY, ALREADY PACKED FOR HONEYMOON, SHE GRABBED HER SUIT CASE IN THE NOVA AND STARTED DRIVING HER AGENT FOUND A PLACE TO LAY LOW AND FINISH HER BOOK MAGGIE LEFT HER PHONE AND LAPTOP BEHING, GRABBING AN 1912 MANUAL TYPEWRITER.  SHE DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW WHERE SHE WAS AND DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYONE SHE DROVE BY A SIGN THAT WELCOMED HER TO DOLPHIN COVE. IT IS STARTING TO GET DARK, BUT HAD NO PROBLEM FINDING THE BEACH HOUSE IT WAS PERFECT.  NO OTHER HOUSES AROUND, NO NOISEY NEIGHBORS MAGGIE PARKED THE NOVA IN FRONT OF THE TWO STORY BEACH HOUSE INHALING THE SEA AIR, FEELING TH...

 LADY ON THE BEACH......PAGE 3 20 YEARS AGO A WEDDING AT THE PETERSON BEACH HOUSE ALL WAS WELL UNTIL THE PREACHER ASKED.... "IS THERE ANYONE WHO OBJECTS TO THIS MARRIAGE" A CLAP OF THUNDER SHOOK THE SANDY BEACH, AS DARK CLOUDS ROLLED IN THE WIND PICKED UP THE GUESTS STARTED TO SCATTER THE GROOM SAID "CONTINUE" AND THE PREACHER CONTINUED AS WAVES CRASHED ON THE BEACH CLOSER AND CLOSER. "YOU MAY KISS THE BRIDE"  THE PREACHER SAID THE BRIDE AND GROOM KISSED AS A WAVE CRASHED ON TOP OF THEM, TAKING THEM OUT TO SEA LIGHTING STRUCK THE GAZBO CATCHING THE GAZBO ON FIRE LIGHTENING STRUCK WITHIN THE DARK CLOUDS GUESTS SCATTERED THE BRIDE AND GROOM WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN COME MORNING, THE WHITE LACE WEDDING VEIL WASHED UP ON THE BEACH THE PEOPLE RELATED TO THE BRIDE AND GROOM, ALL DIED SHORTLY AFTER THE WEDDING, MYSTERIOUS ACCIDENTS.... AND EVERY YEAR ON THE WEDDING DATE THE BRIDE IS SEEN ON THE BEACH LOOKING FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THEN WITHIN A WEEK SOMEONE DIES TH...

 LADY ON THE BEACH.....PAGE 2 SALLY BARGED INTO THE CAFE YELLING. "WHERE IS SHE?  WHERE IS LOIS CAPPER?" SALLY BARE FEET, HAIR LIKE A RAT NEST, DIRTY, SMELLS ABIT SALLY WALKED OVER TO LOIS LOIS SITTING IN THE BOOTH, SCOOTING OVER, CLOSER TO THE WALL "YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID!" THE WAITRESS LORI CAME OUT WITH A PLATE OF PANCAKES "SALLY, WHAT EVER HAPPENED.  WE CAN FIX IT.  PLEASE SIT DOWN AND TELL US WHAT LOIS DID NOW" SALLY LOOKED AT THE PANCAKES AND SAT DOWN "LOIS CAPPER, THE GREEDY REALTOR WILL DO ANYTHING TO SEE PROPERTY INCLUDING RENTING OLE MAN PETERSON'S BEACH HOUSE" SALLY HELD UP A WET, SANDY LACE VEIL, THROWING IT ON LOIS "WASHED UP ON THE BEACH THIS MORNING, IN FRONT OF PETERSON'S BEACH. HOUSE.  THE LADY ON THE BEACH IS BACK.  YOU ALL KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS.  SOMETING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS SUMMER AND IT WILL BE LOIS'S FAULT" THE DINER WENT QUIET "I AM JUST A REALTOR.  I SELL REAL ESTATE, GET OVER IT...