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Rahima Suleiman
Student @ Nasarawa State University
The light shop keepers secret
<p><br></p><p><br></p><p>"The Lighthouse Keeper's Secret"</p><p><br></p><p>On the edge of a windswept cliff, overlooking the stormy Atlantic, stood the Weatherby Lighthouse. For over fifty years, it had guided ships through the perilous waters near Graystone Rock. The townsfolk barely noticed it anymore, except for the old man who lived inside—Elias Marsh, the keeper.</p><p><br></p><p>Elias was a solitary figure, known more by rumor than by fact. Some said he had once been a sailor, others whispered he was hiding from something. He rarely came into town, and when he did, he spoke little. But every night, without fail, the light at Weatherby turned, steady as the tides.</p><p><br></p><p>One night, a fierce storm rolled in—angrier than any the town had seen in years. Thunder cracked the sky, and the sea frothed like a wild animal. Then the unthinkable happened: the light went out.</p><p><br></p><p>Panic spread. The townspeople feared a ship might run aground, or that something terrible had happened to Elias. Young Clara Reddick, whose father had been saved once by the lighthouse’s beam, volunteered to brave the storm and check on him.</p><p><br></p><p>She reached the tower by dawn, soaked and shaking. The door creaked open, unlocked. Inside, the place was undisturbed—except for the journal left on the table, open to a final page.</p><p><br></p><p>Clara read the entry aloud:</p><p>"Tonight, I turn off the light. The ship I lost all those years ago—my wife aboard—has come to fetch me. I hear her voice in the wind. Let the sea take me now, as it should have then."</p><p><br></p><p>The town never saw Elias again.</p><p><br></p><p>But from that day on, whenever a storm rolled in, the lighthouse lit itself—unmanned and untended—casting its ghostly beam across the sea, as if Elias still stood there, watching, keeping sailors safe from the very fate he could not escape.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
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