Prompt: Write a story involving betrayal652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YRYx7nPSy
The Morleys were a remarkably well established family for their time - in a world so plagued with left-wing beliefs, they had managed to maintain their time old honor of several personal servants, an extraneously and pointlessly large manor (half of which was simply used as storage for their extraneously and pointlessly large collection of valuable but entirely dysfunctional items), and, of course, the weekly tradition of shopping in the poorer parts of town to flamboyantly flaunt their wealth.
Set atop of a hill by the humble village of Wellington, Morley Manor was a gargantuan demonstration of drunk architecture.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgf8IBzg836
No doubt it was a highly attractive building, but the matter of the fact was that it simply made no sense. From the exterior, one could hardly tell that every second corridor in the building was at a fifteen degree slant, and that there were multiple inset doorways that simply opened to a wall.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxmxHMS95c
The doors are justifiable - lock all the fake doors and they create a false sense of magnitude for visitors. But as for the former deformity, local rumor has it that the building was never designed to go onto a hill, and that the original Lord Morley simply declared it to be built there for effect. Wealth is no guarantee for common sense nor intelligence - and indeed, in the day of the Morley's life you are about to experience, this fact shall never seem clearer.
We begin, perhaps, on the Sunday morning of the Incident. Lord Mortimer Morton Morley begins by retiring to his washroom to expunge himself of his digestion products. This is the last we shall see of him.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrnCg9fZV8
Lady Morgana Mortabella Morley begins by sleeping to the fine hour of noon, which is why, as she later claims, she missed all the excitement of her husband's disembowelment. This may or may not be true, of course, as it is not always the narrator's role to provide an impartial view of events.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cb2ZOxsUT
The children arise in their separate rooms, and drift towards the dining hall with the prospect of a three course breakfast, lovingly prepared by Nanny Amy and Nanny Emily who had woken several hours before to clean and cook - they put sweat, blood, and tears into everything they do, including the meals for the Morleys.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPHBsmt1a1
Moving on from the fact that the Morleys were blissfully unaware that the Nannies prepared rather unethical meals (I do believe that at least two of the Morleys have unwittingly contracted blood viruses from their meals), one of the children was of particular interest.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHSaIhPmU2
Cara had brought home her peasant lover, Druid, and was presently attempting to inconspicuously smuggle him out of the manor.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoYxWr8qHU
'Cara!' It was David. 'Come join us for breakfast. What could ever be taking you so long?'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyogIpJ1fYD
The young woman quickly ushered Druid into a closet. 'Just stay in here', and then, to David, 'I'm coming now! Your impatience most disturbs my Sunday relaxation. It's all really quite blasphemous.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOLJjdGe6F
Cara arrived at the breakfast table late, to the watching eyes of her siblings, David, Eric, and Rachelle.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFSlXoAbQS
'Really, Cara. Your soup must be cold - we have all finished already. It was quite marvelous, I don't know what it is Nanny Amy puts in these.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeLZDiN0lI
The elderly woman quickly hides the fresh cut in her thumb. 'The special ingredient is Love, Rachelle! Now Nanny Emily and I must go to prepare the next dish.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVV0DZbdTZJ
'Ta ta.' The girl responds.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWjwGMjQg2
Eric, the oldest of them all, was tall and dark, a slim figure that resembled his mother's. He stood up from the table and excused himself quickly.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEkP6LUS8I
'But we haven't even reached mains yet!' Rachelle complains.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYNJdAcA8T
'Now, sister. I simply must finish my latest composition. The inspiration is simply flowing right now, my dear, I can't let it escape!' With that, he spun out of his chair and strutted out of the dining hall.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWduxlRcINu
Cara thought about her precious Druid, waiting in a closet, and took the opportunity to also leave the table. 'I, um, I - '652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJ6EktQv0v
'Yes?' Rachelle looks up at her, expecting an unarguable excuse.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47g99wlgGy
'It's just that phase of the moon.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPvPSR6jN4
'That makes no sense, Caraaaaaa!!! Breakfast is no fun if you all go away doing silly things!'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPA6uapLx9
David smirks to himself. 'Nonsense, Rachelle. I'm sure Cara has very important business to attend to. Perhaps with a little age, you shall too.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVl6y9zFD8
'Hmmph.' The girl crosses her arms as Cara leaves.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSTxr9znb1
The reader should take care to note, at this moment, that a situation has been constructed with a large number of people not accounted for. Then it is now, of course, that Lord Morley's body will be discovered.
'EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!' Lady Morley's scream brought everyone in the manor to her washroom, where they were greeted by the sight of Lord Morley feeling rather turned out. Inside out, to be precise.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJBAcBcr3T
'Good gracious!' Exclaimed the Nannies.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSRPPD1H0t
'Oh dear!' Cara shouted.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ehpir20JQ
'My God!' The sons ejaculated.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeryctqF3IF
'What's daddy doing?' Rachelle asked.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFGGETl1w4
'How on earth could such a thing have happened!' Lady Morley wept. 'I woke only a few minutes ago, and went to the washroom to freshen myself up, only to see my dear husband has been murdered! Who could have done this terrible act?'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKQbXjGXT1
Eric was exceedingly fast to turn on his mother. 'Kind mother, I find it remarkably odd that you were the one to discover him in this state, and so close to your room, no doubt!'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnX6Hb2fqHg
'Eric! You naughty boy! How dare you insinuate such terrible things. I am in the right mind to call the police on you, for trying to inherit your father's fortune by way of murder!'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9teBZOONWq
'That is a lie, mother! You and I both know I loved father more than you ever did.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLmyWYeiND
A simultaneous gasp from the two Nannies. What a very juicy Incident this would be for their gossip circles!652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJfP825pof
'Well! I must ask you to leave. You are disturbing my grieving process.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZ5LBmaNw5
David chimed in with an observation. 'But mother, your husband has not simply died, he has been killed! Given the security of our house, one must wonder how the killer got in - or if the killer is one of us. We cannot waste any time grieving, (very sorry), our lives may very well be in danger!'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFUlUbsjAy
Rachelle began crying in consternation, not quite comprehending but aware of the distress nonetheless.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2GgS1YSPL
'Rachelle! Come here.' Nanny Emily gave the girl a strong embrace. The little one was always fond of the servant women.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ254L0W2NVh
Cara was only mildly interested in the course of events - she simply hoped that Druid had taken this commotion as an opportunity to leave unnoticed. 'Excuse me, this is all very worrying and such but I must answer the woman's call!' She interjected loudly, reusing her earlier excuse to leave.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lhYBYw3Hv
'Very well!' Lady Morley said. 'After all, we don't want any more blood spilt today.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQENJf0ZxXe
Cara ran out of the room and tracked down the cupboard she had so suddenly farewelled her lover in. Empty.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0keZMvstcQ
Where could he be? She passed by the entrance hall and saw Druid by the door.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHyqscFDF1
'Dru! Why have you not left yet?' She whispered to him loudly.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfMylNTbCg
His face goes white. 'The doors and windows are barred. From the outside. I cannot leave!' 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbizvgsAfL
It is only at this point that Cara began comprehending the situation.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBStPc5EMX4
The killer did not intend for Lord Morley to be the only fatality that day.
Cara burst back into her mother's room. 'We are trapped inside!' She announced, to which the response was a chorus of 'WHAT!?'s.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1L9BfpR9kz
Nanny Amy began taking down notes. What an exciting day!652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13BImYODfV
'All the doors and windows are barred from the outside! We are trapped inside with a killer!'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HGa7LuH8E
Nanny Emily felt the need to fan the flame. 'And why, dear Cara, were you checking the doors of the house instead of dealing with downstairs business? Were you trying to leave? Flee from the scene of your crime, perhaps?'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWi06pW8mM3
'No! I was - I was, um...'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5jqElT9cv
Druid walked through the door. 'Hi.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJI0pblAJC
'Who is this, Cara?' Lady Morley was positively concerned at the arrival of this lowly stranger.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1lY3TRBzo
'Druid and I are lovers, mother.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd56lazNTVt
'PFFFFFT! Nonsense. Try again. Who is this, Cara?'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaoq2qriik
'Druid is my boyfriend?'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVW12iRrfJ1
'I don't think so. Who is this person?'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JWmBpnesy
'Mother, please shut up most presently. I am in love with Druid, and his status is of no concern to you or me.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlt763VIJu
Lady Morley responded with a laser glare. 'We will deal with this matter after we have dealt with the fact we are all likely to be the subjects of successive grisly demises.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktUlm6q7y4
'Then whyyyyyy are we all in your room, mother? One fell swoop could kill us all. I don't believe in safety in numbers.' Eric began walking out. 'I believe I can fend better on my own.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJFJ7JqSgB
'Nooooo, don't gooooooo...' Rachelle squealed.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrflHhkU7TL
'It's okay darling Rachelle, I will stay with you.' Nanny Emily patted her head.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE56m5cPT0x
'There is some point to Eric's decision.' Druid stated.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVQmMaCNGS
'Did you hear something, Cara? I most certainly didn't.' 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9POZK4zNQY
'Mother, this is no time for your immaturity. Suppose the killer is in this very room? I don't know about you, but I certainly don't wish to stay in here, where perhaps even you, mother, could pull out a knife and slay us all in a moment. Good day. I will find my own haven from this mess!' Cara left the room, with Druid in close pursuit.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVa2CNyXW8t
'This is idiotic! This is exactly what we shouldn't do with a killer on the loose.' David muttered. 'CARA! Come back!' He raced after the lovers.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5dxq07hOI
'Rachelle, you stay with me.' Lady Morley said. 'I wouldn't trust a girl of your age to run off. You might get lost in this house. Or murdered.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ689S47fdG7
Rachelle and Nanny Emily sat down on the bed.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOSE7qRwCF
'I'll go get the coloring books, shall I?' Nanny Amy offered.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLI1ep6JSt
'That would be lovely.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWQSiv0Ggj
It should seem obvious to the reader that once again, we shall say farewell to a few members of the Morley family.
'Oh my god!'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUsZUCpjwy
Pushed off the banister at the top of the stairs, Nanny Amy's and David's bodies lay sprawled on the floor of the entrance hall.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Eyo2bSaEH
Eric harked to alert the others, and they all gathered at the foot of the staircase, beside the bodies. 'The situation is getting serious.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSj0IXvbYhD
'Was it not serious before?' Lady Morley tutted. 'Rachelle. I demand that you and Nanny Emily go back to my room at once and barricade yourselves in there! I will not have my precious button be killed today.' The two women, young and old, headed back up the stairs.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5u7FsnywTU
'Oh, Dru! I am most distressed.' Cara wept into his arms. He grunted in discomfort. 'Tell me the story of how we met again. It calms me so.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lu7ZAShKw
'Do we really have the time for this?' Eric complained, to no avail, as Druid began telling the story to Cara.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZhsqNQibH
'It was a Saturday market. Your family were passing by my fake jewelry stall.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRQZcuT6Yi
'It was fake???'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYukKxwrMX4
'Shut up, mother! Let him continue.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6wbQ5IgNi
'This is hopeless.' Eric left the entrance hall.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgaPWBFJvd
'You cleaned out the entire stall. You and David stayed to apologize for your mother's behavior. After David had left, you told me that you found me ruggedly attractive.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kNOXWnSRf
'This story is incredulously stupid.' Lady Morley rolled her eyes. 'We are wasting time talking about things that both of you already know! If we are really going to do this, can we at least do it out of the vicinity of dead bodies?' The three of them quickly moved to the dining hall, Druid continuing the story as they walked.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ToBT59N79
'I declined your offer, at first, and you were very upset. The next few Saturday markets you made sure never to pass by my stall. But the truth to my decline was, I was scared to have fallen in love with someone as magnificent as you. I hesitated in that moment and regretted it very much. So I left my stall and tried to find you. I declared my love to you, and you fell into my arms.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLaykm37LD
'Awwww, most gracious Druid. Thank you very much. Now let us vacate this room! I don't fancy sitting beside dead bodies for much longer.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDvkv1hH4l
'Which is why,' Lady Morley muttered, 'we stayed here for the last five minutes.' Then, louder: 'I'm going to check on Rachelle. You two try not to make a mess.' Lady Morley left the two of them as she headed back to her room, and promptly tripped over Eric's bleeding body on the way.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Bl28NBtc6
'Oh well. I suppose it wasn't him after all.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJAVLNgrQE
She didn't feel the need to alarm anyone.
'Rachelle! Are you alright?!'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtMr0fwXFH
The girl was lying in a pool of blood. Thankfully, it was not her own.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQvoP43i6p
Nanny Emily was leaning against the wall beside Rachelle. Her head was leaning on the wall opposite Rachelle. Neck wounds bleed a frightful lot.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYRVvR6FNR
'Oh my darling Rachelle, come here, come here, what happened?' Lady Morley scooped up her youngest child through tears.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrT3VD0ORB
'It was... it was... it was a man...'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBJBfOdE0A
David was dead. Eric was dead. That left only Druid.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScssp7V4sB
'My god! I knew he was dodgy! I must call the others at once! CARAAAA!'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EVAP1jlPH
'Cara is dead.' Lady Morley jumped at the sound of his voice. Druid was standing by the doorway. 'A man in a cloak stabbed her in front of me! It must have been Eric!'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhphHvHSV8A
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'Druid, Eric was killed.' Lady Morley said.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HTYTDDR9Y
'What? But...'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoEx9MVeU9
'And Rachelle here also said it was a man that came and killed Nanny Emily.'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgeKuLvSwK
'No, no, that's not right. Where's Eric?'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLACOMs5Dtn
'Lying dead at the top of the stairs. Which means that the only person that could have done this all is YOU!'652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNLHV0SjQN
'What! No! It wasn't me, it wasn't me! I have proof -' Druid tried to run out of the room but Lady Morley, with surprising speed, stopped him before the doorway.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cDzyAnkRT
'I think, little peasant, that we have all the proof we need.' With a blow from her knuckles, the man was knocked unconscious.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQn5Ld40s5
It was a phone call (whoever thought? It is as if they were trapped with no contact to the outer world) and fifteen minutes later that the Wellington Police came to arrest Druid Ren for five charges of murder and jewelry fraud.
Reader, I suppose that you may want to know what became of the Morleys in the end. Lady Morley became a cult hero (not among the poorer residents of Wellington, of course), and Rachelle grew up to become the chief of Wellington Police.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBVuybjBb2
But what became of their fortune?652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAMsudjIy2
David inherited the fortune, of course.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8DoIVhaHU
Now you see, David had survived the fall from the staircase. Lady Morley and Rachelle always told him that he was one of the luckiest men alive, but I must point out that there was no luck involved in his survival, for he didn't fall at all.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5jsFC9qXL
Druid had a boiling hate for the upper class, posh Morleys, and David realized that a little manipulation would be all he needed to get the Morley fortune. So David befriended Druid, and convinced Druid to take up his sister's offer. Then Druid could infiltrate the Morley Manor.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNkW6fVef1
The agreement, as it stood back then, was to frame poor Eric for the murders. Druid did his part of doing all the dirty work - but David had a little extra step in the plan. When no one was there to witness it, David rose from his pose in the entrance hall and killed Eric, before going back to his faux-corpse location.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MCzla4l2c
In this way, Druid would take all the blame.
I presume that you are waiting for some kind of moral to arise from this story. But none really exists. This account serves no purpose but for entertainment, a brief glimpse into the oh-so-obviously fictional lives of the Morleys, a short tale of murder and betrayal.
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