Friends Laughed At Her For Buying This House, Until She Showed Them This

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The rug’s edges were worn, but its position was exact, as if someone had wanted it to stay right there.

Marla’s friends had laughed about the rug, too, calling it old and ugly and suggesting she throw it out before it brought bad luck into her life. “Worse than the purchase of this house? Impossible,” one friend said, laughing.