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cock it quite deliberately. Oh said Muriel, I suppose your'e going to blow me away! No said the farmer, I'm not into that! Anyway both parties agreed to make friends, and the farmer tossed his weapon away. Whats your name said Muriel. You'll not believe this said the farmer, but its Willy! A weird thing happened next...

Re: ‘Yesterday,Tomorrow and Never’, the O.F.F Novel.

as they were making their way to the tractor, the back door of the kitchen flew open and to their surprise, there emerged a

Re: ‘Yesterday,Tomorrow and Never’, the O.F.F Novel.

rather rotund lady, mid forties perhaps, holding two growling German Shepherd dogs that were straining at the leash. Muriel cowered, thinking that if she ever got out of this bizarre situation

Re: ‘Yesterday,Tomorrow and Never’, the O.F.F Novel.

alive, or at least not harmed, she would never ever again go down a country lane in a car that wasn't in top running condition so it wouldn't break down at the worst possible minute. The two dogs were straining and slavering and looked as if they might pull away from

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the round, red faced lady, but she was stronger than she looked and soon had the dogs under control. "Who is that there with you Willy and why has she no shoes on." Willy immediately came to attention and hurried over to his mother. "This is Muriel, I found her in the lane and her car has broken down, and her children are waiting for her to pick them up from school." "Mmmmm, I see"......

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It seemed obvious that she didn't like the idea of strangers on the property, and Muriel started having an uneasy feeling; what was Willy's mum so concerned about and was Willie really the nice clean cut looking man he seemed to be? Was there a secret

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that could be like the Bates Motel scenario? Muriel thought, weird guy, funny mother, dogs, middle of nowhere, is this the twilight zone? No, probably best to pretend to be Irish, and to say is that...

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all she needed was a lift to the nearest garage to get help with the car, and never come back to this isolated place again, although the guy was strikingly handsome, despite his occasional surliness and the weird mother,

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but then Muriel was used to dysfunctional families her own mother was a bit 'odd' and as for the son well, he just loved his mother, and that was ok wasn't it? Muriel joked about the fact she wasn't wearing shoes, the joke passed and she was left in an uneasy silence broken only by the sound of the dogs struggling to get loose from mummy dearests hold.

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....The breeze picked up making the hairs on her arms prickle. Muriel slowly became aware of a horrible stench which seemed to be coming from one of the outbuilding.
She swallowed hard and tried to ignore it impatient now to get away from the lingering gaze of the old woman.