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FF – Memorial Rose
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Dale Rogerson.
Beth stroked the rose petals. She had snagged the flower from Jake’s funeral. A bit of a risk – Jake’s widow, Margie, might have seen her, but Jake had loved roses.
Such a shame – “accidental shooting”. Wrong place, wrong time.
It had become obvious, over the past few months, that Jake was never going to leave Margie. Beth had got this lovely flat out of him, though.
Surely, if she wanted the flower to remember him by, she wasn’t the psychopath that quack had said she was?
Anyway, no time to dawdle. She had a pistol to dispose of.
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And no doubt another lover to move onto as well.
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Gotta keep the cash rolling in!
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Oh dear!
Smooth operator.
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Yep, she knows what she’s doing.
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I think she may be right. The rose is a sentimental touch not given to psychopaths. Unless, of course, it’s really a trophy
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Ha, I had the exact same thought!
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I’m surprised she isn’t saving the pistol for her next victim.
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She’s very careful. I’m sure the next one will accidentally fall over a cliff.
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Jake did his time… ahem. Until the next one comes along 😉
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He was not the first and I’m sure he won’t be the last 😮
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I believe you are right…
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A sinister story!
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Yes 😮
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That’s the trouble with pistols; they will kill people if they’re mishandled. Not that Beth was mishandling it; she knew exactly what she was doing. Do you suppose Jake will haunt the flat?
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Ooh, I hope so! Though that might just prompt her to find a new victim more quickly…
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I like that idea. Him haunting her. He comes back when the next guy moves in. But is he upset that another man is living in the apartment he gave her or is he trying to warn the next guy?
If he’s not the first, are their other ghosts in her life?
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Sounds like a great screenplay in the works, MythRider.
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I agree, Phyllis ;0)
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Her place is probably full of ghosts by now…
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I see a horror comedy in the making.
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She seems to have her priorities right. Get flat, get rid of indecisive love, get trophy, get rid of pistol. Great sinister fun.
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Yes, she has it all worked out!
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Dear Ali
Of course Beth isn’t a psychopath. Wink wink.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Perish the thought! Wink wink.
Ali
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Waiting until after the funeral to dispose of the murder weapon? She’s not going to cut it as a serial killer making those kind of mistakes…
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Ha, no! That is quite a few days. Not a mistake Zeeba would make. She wouldn’t bother hiding it at all…
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Who’s going to dare try and arrest Zeeba. Even the Terminator would turn back…
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Right. The criminally insane have such busy lives with plotting and scheming— kind of like writers. 🙂
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It’s such a hectic life, poor people.
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I wonder, how often can Beth get away with using men, until they have outgrown their usefulness. Probably as often as possible, if she devises new methods of getting rid of them
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Yes, she just has to be a bit cunning about it all. Gunshot, fell off a boat, crushed by a falling piano…
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Sheeesh… me thinks she’s one scary female.
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Yep, she is that.
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She got what she wanted and it seems he was of no use anymore. What’s next on her list, and who will provide it I wonder.
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Perhaps someone who deals in luxury cars. She’s feeling the need for speed…
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like they say, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
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True dat.
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A bit of a risk taker, still having the gun on her at the funeral.
I guess if she coulnd’t have him, no one was. Loved it …
Have a wonderful weekend …
Isadora 😎
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Yes, really pushing her luck! You have a good weekend too 🙂
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Wow, Beth is a cold one. Very well told, Ali!
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She’s out for what she can get and no-one’s getting in her way 😮
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She’s an intriguing blend of cold-hearted killer and sentimental softie.
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All the most dangerous ones are!
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Maybe go duck hunting before disposing of the weapon? She’s the kind of villain we love to hate, but wouldn’t life be less interesting without psychos peppered here and there? 😉
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They do spice thigs up!
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Jake was clearly a snake that needed to be put down😇
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Yep, I don’t have much sympathy for him 🙂
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We already know she’s good at disposing of people. A gun shouldn’t be too hard. Though, those trophies always come back to haunt killers.
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Hopefully she won’t do something as obvious as “throw it in the canal” – that’s the first place they always look.
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Great story, guns are so troublesome
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Yes, you can’t really dissolve them or chop them up into unrecognisable pieces.
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Excellent end…well…of the story of course😹More Pawkisses🐾😽💞
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Yes, not such a good end for him 🙂
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