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The tenant My neighbor once rented their house to a group of people who spoke a language different from what I could understand. At that time, I thought it was quite **charming** that they spoke a different language. At first, it was peaceful having them as neighbors. However, things started to change. Whenever they came back, they would talk loudly as they entered the house. Sometimes they sang and sometimes they shouted at each other. This went on for weeks and it got from bad to worse. We then found out from our neighbor that the tenant did not pay rent for 3 months and they were given notice to leave. One night, when I was home alone, I was awakened by the sounds of the gate. I peeked through my curtain window and saw one of them was trying to open the gate but had no key. He was clearly drunk as I could hear he was slurring. He shouted but nobody was in the house to open the gate. Then, he tried to climb over the gate and held the sharp edges of the gate to **support** himself but in his drunk state, he fell over the gate. He did manage to get into the car porch but he still could not get into the house. He banged the front door until I could hear he got tired. I couldn't really sleep that night as the tenant's actions made me feel **perplex**. The next morning, as I was leaving for work, I noticed the tenant was sprawled like a **worm** outside the door and there were traces of blood on the floor by the gate, all the way to the front door. This was what alcohol can do to a person. Not **charming** anymore.
*Image by Tessa Wilson on Unspl**ash* https://unsplash.com/photos/9UD0JHnWyVE **Timer set:** *10 minutes* **Timer:** *mobile phone* **Translator:** *none* **Grammar tool/s:** *none* **Writing device/s:** *laptop and mobile* This is my 3rd and final entry to the 1st Contest Freewriting. https://read.cash/@wakeupkitty/1st-contest-freewriting-517b2408 `The topic of this contest` `alcohol effects` `(What are the effects of alcohol?)` `The prompts are` `ashes - charming - release - perplex - support - worm` `(You have to use at least 3 out of 6.)`
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I hope those neighbors left? That guy sounds more like a snotty snail to me. I assume you are not the kind of neighbor who made a video for YouTube? Thanks for the story. It's as if the world is filled with drunks. We do not raise our children well. 😁👍💕 The deadline for the ccc I changed into July 24...
Yes they left. This happened many years ago and I am no longer staying there. Back then, there was no Youtube and smartphones yet 😅 Yah I do not understand why people like to drink until silly. Ah smart move to change the deadline to July 24th. I feel like stopping altogether but feel bad to stop and leave.
I changed the deadline it's a holiday and the team it's deadline is in two weeks. Take the break you deserve it after the break you can decide. Pity there's no video but you painted a clear picture. 😂
Trail of blood. That sound like the snotty snail @wakeupkitty mentioned. I bet he felt the pain and are clueless once he got up. I hope that incident gave him a lesson.
Yup I think so too. But when I came back from work, they were gone. Good riddance to them :)
You mean they left forever? Guess because they didn't pay for the rent...
They left just like that. The owner complained to us what a mess they made in the house before they left and then outside too with the blood trails from that one guy.
It's good for them to go. You will feel safer at the moment but it is very rude not to pay the rent after messing out the house like that.