Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-31415315-20170404164250

It was a very dark night, we were driving through Colorado on our way to have dinner with my wife's family. I wasn't really a big fan of family reunions, but just this once, I would go. We were lost and, we had no idea where we were. We wanted to stop and rest at a hotel but we didn't know where one was. We spotted this old looking cabin and hoped we could ask for directions. We got off and knocked on the door. An old woman and her husband answered, we asked them if they knew about any hotels near by. The old woman then said she new of a holiday inn near by but she said that she wouldn't have us going through that storm, I wasn't sure what she was talking about until there was a loud thunder and then, the water started to fall heavily. She told us to come inside. She invited us to some tea and cake, and we even chatted and shared a few laughs together. The old lady led us to a room, she said we would stay there tonight. We told her we didn't want to be a bother. She told us it wasn't any trouble. I wanted to pay the couple for all there trouble but the old man said that they wouldn't accept any money. Finally the next day we awoke, we got dressed and headed for the door. But before we went out. Left an envelope full of money on a little table outside for the old couple despite the old man's stubbornness. We stopped by a diner to have some breakfast. We knew the owner. We met him a few days back on a fishing trip. He asked us where we stayed during the night and When I told him where we stayed he seemed to be in huge shock. When I asked him what was wrong. He said, but that's impossible. That cabin burned down months ago and the old man and woman living there died in the fire! Me and my wife looked at each other puzzled. We quickly returned to the cabin to see what the diner owner was talking about. But when we got there. There was no cabin. Only blackened debris. Burned wood most likely. My wife screamed in horror. And then I spotted the envelope where the little table used to be. It was still there. But it seemed untouched. 