Those Memories Made on Teardrop Lake – (49) The Mystery Weekend

 

Sarah Roddy was what would once have been called a bottle blonde, she was also a three time divorcee and one time widow, which was no mean feat as she was only just the wrong side of fifty, but despite her age she had maintained her figure and she filled a sweater very well indeed and her well-shaped buttocks were tailor made for the tight jeans which she regularly occupied to maximum effect and managed to please any man with a connoisseur’s eye, except it appeared the very man she was trying to attract.

 

That particular man was Daniel Richardson who, although she didn’t know it, found her form very pleasing to his middle aged eye and in addition to her obvious assets she also had the added attraction of an all pervading sensuously musky perfume, which when he got in close proximity to her he also found extremely affecting.

So he was attracted to her very much but he wasn’t able to do anything about it because of his shyness and lack of self-confidence.

 

Sarah’s attraction to Daniel wasn’t because she was just looking for the next ex-husband, she was drawn to him because at long last she thought she had found a real keeper.

Providing of course that she could catch him first.

 

Sarah was a close friend of Daniel’s sister Doris, and it was because of Sarah that the Richardson’s and she were at Claremont Hotel for a Murder Mystery weekend in the first place, the occasion being Doris’s 50^th birthday treat.

The Claremont Hotel was situated in the village of Shallowfield, on the southern edge of the Finchbottom Vale, and separated the Vale from the Dancingdean Forest.

It was once the home of a wealthy Downshire family but like so many similar great houses in the county it fell into disuse as the fortunes of the owners suffered after the Great War.

It had had many reincarnations since then, particularly in the years between the wars and had been used for many things over the post war years but it wasn’t until the 60s that it became The Claremont Hotel.

However things had got tough in the Hotel trade with the success of Travelodge, Premier Inn and Holiday Inn Express and so places like the Claremont needed to offer something extra to attract the guests. 

So they put on novelty weekends, one of which was the Murder Mystery weekend.

 

It was something that appealed very much to Doris and she was really looking forward to it, she loved mysteries of all kinds, so it was manna from heaven.

She was an avid reader of Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh so a murder weekend at a country House Hotel was perfection as far as she was concerned.

Sarah was also looking forward to the weekend away, though for very different reasons in her case.

 

But it wasn’t really Daniel’s cup of tea at all and even if it was up his street it was far too rich for his blood which was why he was pleased that the merry widow had stumped up the cash for the whole weekend.

 

A Murder Mystery weekend wasn’t really Daniel Richardson’s cup of tea at all and even if it was up his street it was far too rich for his blood, which was why he was pleased that the merry widow, Sarah Roddy, had stumped up the cash for the whole weekend.

 

Lifelong bachelor Daniel and his spinster sister Doris had known Sarah for some time and they often went on trips and outings together.

It suited him very well as the women entertained each other while leaving him free to entertain himself, usually on the Golf course and of course he got to enjoy the spectacular view of Sarah’s rolling hills into the bargain.

On these many and varied outings he was often preoccupied with his ponderings over whether he would ever become more acquainted with the contents of Sarah’s sweater, but always reached the conclusion that it was highly unlikely.

 

They arrived at the Hotel on Friday Evening and had a quiet meal in the restaurant and retired early in preparation for a busy couple of days.

On Saturday morning they all rose early and as all three of them had rooms on the same floor they went down to breakfast in convoy, and Daniel’s lascivious gaze was rewarded as he followed on behind the two women and he rather unashamedly ogled Sarah’s rear aspect, exquisitely housed in tailored trousers, all the way from their rooms to the dining room and then he took the opportunity of having a long lingering gaze down her low cut top at her spectacular frontage.

 

Sarah and Doris then went off to avail themselves of the Hotel’s facilities while Daniel went to play a round at the Forest Ridge Golf Club which was at Forestdean, situated on the road between Shallowfield and Childean.

It was a decent course, very scenic, and quite challenging, and he manage to join up with another three singletons and made up a pleasant four ball but in the quieter moments his mind kept wandering to thought of Sarah, and not just her obvious assets.

 

At the same time Daniel was teeing off, Sarah and Doris were enjoying a sauna which they followed with a massage and all the while Sarah was wishing it was Daniels strong hand that were massaging her naked flesh.

 

Daniel returned to the Claremont just after two o’clock and after he had tracked the two women down the three of them then spent the rest of the afternoon together as the Murder Mystery had begun, the only thing that made the whole thing bearable was that he had many more opportunities to ogle his sister’s friend.

As they wiled away the afternoon Daniel became aware that he was not the only man, or indeed person, who was enjoying the views of Sarah, and he didn’t like it one bit.

If he wasn’t careful one of them might snap her up and then he wouldn’t even have the chance to admire her from a distance.

The problem was however, that in order to prevent that from happening he would have to declare his feelings to Sarah and if not reciprocated that might lead to the same result as doing nothing. 

 

On the Saturday night the three of them dined at the Hotel and then Daniel had to endure the conclusion of the Murder Mystery and was rather bored, well exceeding bored to be truthful, fortunately he was eventually rescued from that boredom by Sarah whom he assumed must have shared his boredom as she had far too much to drink and as a result she was forced to retire from the entertainment early.

However Doris was enjoying the entertainment immensely, in fact far too much to be distracted and she certainly didn’t want to miss the conclusion to the mystery for anything short of imminent death, so it was left to Daniel to help the drunken Sarah up to her room.

 

All weekend Daniel had taken every opportunity to enjoy the view of her abundant goodies as she wore a selection of figure hugging outfits as well as her customary jeans and sweaters, but as he guided her along the corridor to her room on Saturday night she was wearing a low cut dress and as he struggled with her through the fire doors he thought there was every chance she might fall out of it.

“Here’s hoping” he thought to himself

 

When they reached Sarah’s room he had to prop her up against the wall.

“Just stand there” he said and then used her key card to open the door.

Once he got her through the door into the room however she suddenly regained her senses and pounced on him, taking him completely by surprise and knocked him backwards onto the bed.

 

As he lay on the bed like an upturned turtle desperately trying to get back to his feet he looked up at her and she gave him a leery smile which was when he realised that she had actually drunk far less than he had imagined and her drunkenness had been greatly exaggerated.

The truth of the matter was that Sarah had come to the conclusion that Daniel was never going to have the courage to make an approach to her so she felt her only option was to take drastic action and take matters into her own hands, so she pretended to be drunk and set a trap for him, and as he lay on his back on the bed she smiled because she had sprung the trap to perfection.

“What’s going on?” Daniel asked “I thought you were drunk”

“I was faking”

“Faking? Why?” he asked

“So we could be alone obviously” she replied as she joined him on the bed “I thought you might like that, I’ve seen the way you look at me when you think nobody is looking”

And she planted a kiss on his mouth which silenced any possible protests.

 

As he redressed, he looked down at a smiling Sarah beneath the duvet’s where she let out a satisfied sigh.

As Daniel reached the door he turned to look back at her and said

“I will be back shortly”

“You better had” she responded lustily

 

When Daniel got back to the drawing room he found Doris sitting and talking to one of the actors and when they had finished Doris asked.

“Did you see to her?”

“Yes” He replied, though he did not elaborate on how he had seen to her.

“Thank you Daniel” she said and kissed his cheek. “You’re such a good brother”

“Well I know she’s a good friend Doris” he said “but I wasn’t going to let her spoil your evening”

“I love you Daniel” she said and kissed his cheek again

 

After Daniel escorted Doris to her room at the end of the evening he left her at the door and feigned to open his own door but instead went next door and re-joined Sarah.