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RE: STACH Short Story Contest #28: 199 words, 5 winners, 15SB prize pool!

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The White Robe
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I haven't seen osareme since the demise of her father so i decided to travel to Edo to see her, I got to Benin late in the evening and after the greetings and condolences i was fed and I went straight to bed to relax my tired muscles.
I was put in the first room with a window facing the nearby hotel with large energy saving bulb, sleep came faster than i expected but something woke me up after a while and it felt like i was in a strange land when I looked around.
I was still trying to figure out where i was when i saw what appeared to be a flying white robe close to the window and the light made It more intense. My mind thought it was seeing a ghost so I jerked up and let out a loud scream.
I attracted the whole house with my scream and when osareme's brother rushed into my room and switch on the light my eyes was still fixed on the window.
There was no ghost, it was just a jalamiah which the brother had ironed and hanged close to the window.