The Halloween Hanging

It was Halloween Night and Damon was excited about trying out his new Halloween prop in his front yard next to the busy road that ran in front of his house. He was putting on the finishing touches to his new prop when some friends from school decided to drop by and check out his new prop he had been bragging about at school all day. His friends Steve, Jack and Karen rode together in the same car and pulled into Damon's driveway and watched as Damon was practicing slipping the noose around his neck. They all got out of the car and walked up to Damon watching him working feverishly before the Trick-or-Treaters arrived asking for candy. Steve said "Looks like you're going to have the coolest Halloween prop in town." "Thanks, Halloween is my favorite day of the year, and I thought I would come up with something you don't always see on Halloween." Karen chimed in and said "Guys it's starting to get dark and we don't want to be late to the party." "You don't have to rush off don't you want to stay just a little while to see the look on the Trick-or-Treaters faces as they see me hanging from the tree as though it's the real thing?" Steve interrupted and said "We'd really like to hang with you a while, but my girlfriend worked hard on decorating the party for us and I don't want to disappoint her. I'm sure you'll understand." "That's ok, I tell you what I'll video tape it so you can watch it at my house tomorrow. Does that sound OK with you guys?" asked Damon. Steve replied, "Sounds great, we'll all be there tomorrow, that's a promise." Steve and his friends piled back in the car and waved by to Damon not knowing that would be the last time they would see their friend alive.