The moment when she ran out of the door, the light was on.
“Surprise!”
With a bang, ribbons were saltant in the air. The elevator was blocked with people dressed weirdly and two little pumpkin guys stood in the middle of the crowd.
Hayden screamed first, and then she recognized the voice.
“Noah? Stella? “
One of the two pumpkin guys, who was shorter on the right, immediately took off the big pumpkin skirt. Then the little one said with a naughty face.
“Mommy, it’s me!”
“You...”
“Miss Downey, happy Halloween!”
Those dressed weirdly took off their masks and headgears. They were all the residents of the department.
Halloween?
Hayden put her hand on the forehead, “Jesus, you are...”
Lisa, the hostess who lived in the opposite door, was now in a dress of a skeleton bride. She stepped forward and laughed, “are you scared? We have a Halloween activity today. Everyone who come back here when it is dark, he or she will be treated like that. You are not the first one to be scared by us.”
After a long while, Hayden came to herself, “I thought it was the serial killer, and you really scared me...”
Looking at the smiling faces in the elevator that were not familiar but not strange, Hayden felt very warm. The residents often had activities in this apartment, but she seldom took part in. However, she still often received gifts from them.
Her oldest aunt bought her this apartment. Perhaps she did a great deal to it before.
“But where is your husband?” Lisa asked suddenly.
Hayden was stunned. “My husband?”
“The two little one’s father, isn’t he in the house?”
Lisa continued.
What she said reminded Hayden of something, “You mean the guy inside is...”
Facing the eyes of inquiry, Hayden hurriedly opened the door. Then she found that the switch was stuck with rubber mud, then she torn the mud off and turned the light on.
As soon as the light was on, she saw Joseph sitting at the door of the children’s room. His beige trousers were dyed red by the unknown liquid on the ground. With a blue bump on his head, he was still muddled, looking at the door in a daze.
Someone suddenly burst into laughter, then everyone roared with laughter.
Hayden bet that today marked the most humiliating day to Joseph in the past over 30 years.
Joseph didn’t wear the prepared costume because he thought it was funny and ashamed to mock up. But he never expected that he would make a show of himself in front of all the residents.
Hayden still couldn’t help laughing when she kneaded his head with an egg.
“Sorry, you were so funny just now, and I can’t resist laughing.”
Joseph was a little angry, but he enjoyed her tenderness now.
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