Title: The Night Guesthouse

Level: Intermediate (B1–B2)

#Story :

Eli drives late at night to visit his mother and notices a small guesthouse glowing warmly by the empty country road—a house he is sure never existed before. Curious and exhausted, he stops and meets Mara, the calm and mysterious woman who runs the place alone and “only at night.” She seems to know more about him than she should, but her presence feels strangely familiar.

Eli sleeps there and dreams of a younger Mara with a man carrying a suitcase, clearly someone she once loved. During the night he hears a looping car driving endlessly around the house. By morning, the house is still there from the inside, but from the road, it’s invisible—standing only for those who truly need it. A note from Mara thanks him for stopping and hints that she knows about his mother’s struggles.

When Eli arrives home, he discovers an old photo of the same guesthouse and learns that Mara’s mysterious companion was his uncle Arman—who vanished decades ago claiming he would create “a place for tired travelers.” The dream Eli saw matches his mother’s memory. She had dreamed of Arman the same night Eli stopped at the house.

Eli realizes the guesthouse appears only for those at a turning point in life. Though he never sees it again, the experience changes him, reminding him that some doors only appear when one truly needs them, not when one seeks them.

#Vocabulary :

Guesthouse: a small place where travelers can stay overnight

Looping: repeating in a circle again and again

Faded: losing color or clarity, becoming unclear

Threshold: the entrance or doorway of a house

Fracture: a small break or crack, often symbolic in stories

#Grammar Focus:

• Past Simple with descriptive details to create atmosphere (e.g., “The lamp glowed softly in the hallway.”)

• Indirect speech to show memories and conversations (e.g., “She said he had disappeared years ago.”)

• Zero / First conditional to show cause and effect within mysterious events (e.g., “If you truly need it, the house appears.”)

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