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 50th 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.
