Sounds of the “Maple Leaf Rag” floated upstairs to where Lisette was busy cleaning rooms and getting ready for new guests.
The music of Sarah’s piano playing combined with the scent of the burning cinnamon candles filled Lisette with warmth.
She was excited about the new guests that were coming. They were a couple coming back from their honeymoon. Lisette paused in her cleaning as she started daydreaming about how it would feel to be in love!
“Miss. Lisettte” I am going into town now, anything that you would like me to pick up for you? Sarah asked as she called up the stairs.
“I could use a 5 pound bag of flour and some chicken legs. Thank you! I will bring some money down in a minute.”
Lisette finished making the bed and then walked downstairs to Sarah. “Here is money for the groceries and here is some extra money. Stop by the Fluffer Nutter Shop and pick up a cream filled donut for me and whatever your favorite kind is.”
Sarah smiled, “Thanks! Will be back soon. Well unless I get talked into a game of Scrabble with Mr.Fluff. He always comes up with the craziest words. Words I had never heard of before!”
“Have fun!” Lisette said as Sarah walked out the door.
Sarah didn’t get caugbt up in a game this time. Mr. Fluff and Mr. Nut were in deep concentration over a game of Clue. She loved it when they were played Clue. It was fun to pull her trick at times. They would be in such deep concentration that they wouldn’t notice her peeking at the cards in the secret envelope.
She did it again this time. Thanking them for her 2 donuts she walked to the door and then on the way out she yelled, “Mrs. Peacock did it in the ballroom with the candlestick.” and laughed as she heard them yelling, when she walked out the door.
Walking down the sidewalk Sarah was smiling. She was almost back to the Inn when she saw something shiny lying on the sidewalk. It looked like an old cowbell. She picked it up giving it a shake, to see if it would ring.
Hmmm….thought Lisette. Sarah must have got into playing a game with Mr. Fluff and Mr. Nutter for she had been gone quite awhile.
…to be continued..
Sarah has absconded with Lissette’s money. This is a serious matter of pilfery and peculation. But Sarah has a secret cowbell now, and can get away with robberies like this. I think she will use it to become a very wealthy woman, while poor Lissette pines away, penniless, waiting for a lover, and the return of her money. This is turning out to be a very sad story.
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Oh the way your mind thinks! Noo this isn’t a sad story! Well it is sad that Lisette didn’t get her donut!
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Not really. Without a donut, she won’t get fat, and will be more likely to attract a lover.
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But you said she would be penniless so how is she going to attract a lover?
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She will be selling a product that men have paid for since time began. And that’s how she’ll meet her future lover, who will rescue her and take her away from all of that.
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You’re turning Lisette into a “lady of the evening?” What? The Bed & Breakfast will become cat house? You bad boy, Tipster.
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Yeah, it will become a Bed & Whorehouse now, unfortunately.
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Oh gosh! What are you doing to Lisette’s Bed and Breakfast Inn!
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Well, how is Lissette supposed to pay her bills, now that Sarah ran off with her money?
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She didn’t give Sarah ALL of her money…just a little shopping money.
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YES! He is having problems getting that through his head!
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Wait. Let me thump him…
👆💥🤪
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Hahaha! 😄will see if it worked!
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You gotta watch those Air Force guys. 😉😎🛫
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So I have been corrected. But it doesn’t matter. It’s the principle.
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Yeah, yeah… You just want a whorehouse in the story. 😉
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Well it would add quite a bit of color to it.
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Oooh you are hopeless!
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That’s better than being schtupid.
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Dummkopf! 🙂
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LOL!
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SMDH
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…mmm…! Glad you aren’t writing fhe story! LOL! Poor Lisette! She will be just fine. Why aren’t you concerned about what happened to Sarah???
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Sarah has the magic cowbell, plus Lissette’s money. She’ll be just fine.
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She spent Lisette’s money on groceries and ice cream!
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Which she probably sold on the Covid black market.
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There is NO Covid in my stories, you have such poor memory, don’t you! 😛
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He gettin’ old…and, cranky, apparently.
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Yeah, that happens when one grows as Old as he is!
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😆
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Oh that’s right, you’re one of those Covid deniers. It’s real, Carolyn, very real. Why aren’t you hiding in your basement right now?
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What did you say? I can’t hear you!
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LOL!
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Oh my lord…😆
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Good gracious. Bad mood?
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I’m sure Lissette is in a bad mood. But not Sarah.
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You don’t know where Sarah is, so how do you know?
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Because she has Lissette’s money. She has to be happy about that.
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She doesn’t have all of Lisette’s money! She only had enough to get groceries and ice cream , you NUT!
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Okay then, maybe she isn’t wiped out financially after all. But she must feel rather burned about Sarah taking her money and running.
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😶🤚
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Maybe she is worried about Sarah’s well being and not concerned about pocket change?
You gotta admit that the cowbell does weird s***.
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Thank you! I expected questions about what happened to Sarah, not Poor Lisette! 😛
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You are surrounded by a bevy of story hijackers.
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Haha! Sooo true! 😄
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She can’t afford to be worried about Sarah. First she must try to recover her lost money.
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LOL!
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*sigh* 🙄
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Sarah has just been transported in to a real life clue game and is being assailed by Mrs. Peacock with a candlestick. She tries to get help from Colonel Mustard, but he has been left in the refrigerator next to Ms. Ketchup. She finally escapes but
Henrietta will get the cowbell and end up at the bed and breakfast singing for the guests.
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Oh how clever you are. Poor Sarah, but glad she escaped.
As far as Henrietta goes, I cracked up. Good try, but No, she is not singing for the guests! 😄
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*whew*
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Now I’m picturing Sarah using the grocery bag as a shield while fighting off Mrs. Peacock, with flour and chicken legs flying everywhere, and squashed donuts underfoot…
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LOL!! Sad about the donuts! 😉
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I would hate to be the clean up crew.
Save the donuts! 🍩
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Oh, those poor guests…
There’s a Ms. Ketchup in Clue?
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I know! I couldn’t do that to the poor guests!
You are talking to the Pun Master you know! There is probably a Lady Mayonnaise in his game of Clue too!
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Good point. 🤔🤨
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Look at you spreading rumors now.
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LOL!
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Its not a rumor, you are the Pun Master! 😉
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That is not exactly a jarring revelation. I do relish spreading puns like mayonnaise on a sandwich.
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Groaning!
Just like Henrietta makes people groan with her singing!
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The has a hipponotic voice
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Ha! You may be right given that I seem to remember saying she wasn’t even going to appear in a story and then……!
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You just can’t resist a talking animal that you originally thought was a giraffe
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Oooh yeah! What was I thinking in confusing a giraffe with a hippo! 😛
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It happens at our age.
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…..mmm..!! Not there yet, smartie!
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Your membership card is in the mail.
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Oooh I think I am going to need something really soft to wrap around my head this week!
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Are there rewards with membership into this “elite” club? Are MacGyver DVDs in the mail too?
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Yes, you will be on the value plan. In addition, you get denture cream deliveries and a discount on one of those rascal scooters.
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I don’t need the denture cream deliveries and driving one of those scooters could be dangerous for me!
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We’ll get you a nice blue one.
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“Very funnny!”
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Make sure its shiny!
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It has a place to store a walker and an oversized handbag. Should be perfect.
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Oh gosh! Sounds as “perfect” as my son’s gift. When he calls his sister into his room to look at “Mom’s bday gift” and they come out laughing, its not a good sign!
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I’m sure they were laughing about something unrelated and that the gift is very thoughtful.
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Haha! Yeah……right!
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I wouldn’t worry. Your birthday isn’t until next month.
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Smart aleck! 😛
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My kids filled the house with gag gifts when their dad turned 50, but they gave me ordinary birthday cards. So, maybe you’ll be lucky and your kids will decide they’d better be nicer to Mom, too.
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LOL! Thanks for the positive thought, but my kids have a sly sense of humor! Though I am sure they will add something thoughtful with the gag gifts. 🙂
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They know what trouble they could be asking for though.i am the Mom who once went to a restaurant close by us close to suppertime and brought home a delicious pizza just for ME! The looks on their faces and my husband’s was so fun. They couldn’t believe I didn’t get them food. They thought I was hiding it in the car. I can’t remember why I did it now but it was a good reason I am sure. LOL!
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Ugh.
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This story just twists and twists, doesn’t it?
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It sure does!
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This is so much fun. Want to get the game out now.
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😊
Irs fun to write though I really wasn’t planning on it being a 2 part story!
Yes, get out the game! We haven’t played it in a long time.
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