“After fourteen years of marriage we need something to liven up our relationship,” declared Neta to husband Morgan. “Next Saturday is our anniversary. Let’s go to Lake Placid and have a picnic. Just the two of us. It’s quiet and isolated and we can talk and reminisce and relax.”
Morgan was not keen, but in the end reluctantly consented to go. It was arranged. Neta packed a lovely picnic luncheon on Friday evening. They would leave for Lake Placid around ten in the morning. Let’s hope the day dawns fine.
It didn’t. It was hosing down. There was no way they could go on a picnic. The weather was cold, wet, and miserable.
Neta wondered what to do. She had made no alternative plan. She had arranged for Heaton, a professional human exterminator, to turn up at the lake around ten thirty with a loaded gun.
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Isn’t Lake Placid the one that’s haunted by the vicious crocodile. There’s a whole movie and everything. But a hitman will do, I guess.
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It shows you how stupid some people are. A crocodile is considerably cheaper than a hitman.
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Perhaps Heaton will make a housecall.
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He lost his doctor’s registration years ago.
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Oh dear. And no refunds either, I bet.
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I find in my experience that hitmen don’t give refunds.
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What a wash out for Heaton.
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It rained on his parade.
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Damp squib anyway.
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I’m sure Heaton can find some straggler to exterminate.
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As long as he doesn’t shoot any of the ducks on the lake. They are protected.
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A washout – foiled. But if she’s smart , they’ll eat the picnic at home and she can poison the lemonade!
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I was thinking they might prefer a gin and tonic…
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Good thought! Is that a picture of your house at the top?
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No – that is the old sheep shearing shed. The farm these days has only cattle, so the shearing shed has gone down hill and is not used for much. A neighbour rears a few calves in there for a few weeks, and the farmer lets us store our firewood in there!
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Ooops! Mea culpa, THAT was quite a mistake. I should have looked closer – it just seemed like a nice red house.
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It’s quite picturesque! Especially with all the surrounding hills.
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Neta needs to be more creative….poison, a gun, or a knife.
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Creativity is the name of the game.
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Yes…if Neta can’t adapt…she will left behind.
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Sounds reasonable.
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It will clear up in a minute!
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Always the optimist.
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Let’s hope the rain keeps everyone else indoors!
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Sounds like a good way to clean up a murder scene. Neta will just have to be convincing.
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