Hard-working housekeeper pranked, receives surprise of her life

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Saturday, November 22, 2014
Maid gets surprise of her life
A hard-working housekeeper was surprised by a television show when she received a new house

CLEVELAND, OH -- A housekeeper who has never taken a day off got the surprise of her life in an elaborate plan orchestrated by a TV show.

Cara Simmons, a single mom of three from Cleveland showed up at a house, thinking she was to clean it, but was tricked instead.

The TV show "Prank It Forward" fooled Simmons into a day of pampering, complete with a meal by a master chef, a four-hand massage, and a designer wardrobe.

But the fun was only beginning.

A delivery worker showed up at the house with boxes filled with Simmons' personal belongings. Simmons, surprised, said, "But this is my stuff."

The worker directed Simmons to a delivery truck where her family was hiding.

Simmons cried as the worker revealed the home she'd been in that day was actually hers to own.

And then Simmons got one final surprise: she and her sister were going on an all-expenses-paid vacation to Riviera Maya, Mexico.