...gasp...

Funeral.

I can't take credit for this story, because it is an existing story and this is just my rendering of it. It has been used and told many times before. I am not the creator.

Gabriel Jones was walking down the street one day when he was hit by a car suddenly. He was badly injured and was rushed to the hospital, but after a few days he was well enough to go home. He spent a few more days staying inside, taking time to recover, before calling in to work to ask when they needed him back. When he picked up the phone and said who he was, however, the secretary became angry.

"Is this some kind of sick joke?" She snapped, and hung up the phone.

Shocked, Gabriel called back and asked what the problem was. The secretary was again angry and told him to stop joking and leave her alone. Bewildered, Gabriel Ning up the phone and decided to go for a walk.

He stepped outside and started down the road, but the first person he came across stared at him, the began running away. Surprised, Gabriel called after them, but they just ran faster.

Gabriel turned around and went back home, deciding to call his sister to tell her the strange story. When he called her office, however, he received her secretary. 

"I would like to speak to Alice Jones, please," he said. The secretary replied, "I'm sorry, she is busy. Miss Jones is attending the funeral of her brother, he died in a car accident last week."