LETTER: I want to share a true story that happened not long ago to my friend, who did not believe in ghosts and who was also a chain smoker.
One night, he was driving along a highway to attend a meeting the following day.
He felt tired and decided to stop at a R&R area. People were having their dinner at the many stalls. At the toilet, as he was washing his face at the sink, the tap next to him opened by itself and water began flowing.
He closed that tap and continued his washing, but the water flowed from the tap again.
He thought nothing of it, closed the tap again and went out. After ordering a meal, a beautiful waitress brought him his meal. When he had finished his meal, he called the waitress to pay.
When she arrived, she began to clean up the table. He paid her and left. When he continued driving, his car felt heavy but he reached his hotel without any trouble.
The next day, he informed my family of the food he had at the R&R. We asked him which R&R was it.
He told us the location. We looked at each other in surprise. We said that R&R had yet to be opened. He disagreed.
We headed over to that R&R. When we arrived, to his surprise, the R&R was indeed not operational.
He took us to the table where he had sat. He found the money he had paid the waitress still on the table.
He began cursing the waitress for leaving the money. The next day, he arrived early at his office to prepare for his presentation. Being a chain smoker, he headed for the staircase to smoke.
When he opened the door to the stairs, to his horror, he saw the beautiful waitress again, now seated on top of the stairs but with her long hair flowing all the way down the staircase.
This time, she had no eyes. He screamed, and not only left the building, but also gave up his habit of smoking at the staircase.
ARIFF SHAH R.K.
George Town, Penang
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