Suzy, Gary L Beer [story reading txt] 📗

The hatred that Suzy had for Doug must have been intense and grown stronger over the years; maybe giving her the strength and fortitude to do it, he hopes. Standing up Lewis walks along the path and opens the back door and enters the kitchen. Suzy is sitting at the table ashen faced and watches him intently; “What have you been doing?” she asks in a frightened voice.
“Digging up your husband as we have to put him somewhere else, why did you cut him up like that?”
Suzy shows a weak smile; “He was too heavy for me to pick up, I only did it so I could carry him out there.”
“Guess I am panicking a bit but we need to shift him now before it gets dark.”
“Whatever you say Lewis, where are we going to put him?”
“I know of an old deserted Well out near the woods. That is why we have to go when it is still light as it will look well dodgy if we arrive in the darkness. The road near where we can park is quite busy and it would look better if we parked up in daylight.”
“How are we going to get him there? We need to wrap him so he cannot be seen.”
“Yes I have been thinking about that, have you got a couple of big winter coats?”
“Yes I got just the thing.” replies Suzy as she stands up and goes into her bedroom.
Lewis takes the opportunity to wash his hands several times noticing that he has blood staining his shirt sleeves. Suzy comes back in carrying two large black coats; “Will these do?”
“Perfect, have you got any string?” asks a grim faced Lewis; “As we need to tie him inside them so he does not fall out.”
“Yes there is plenty of string in the shed.” answers Suzy reflecting his sombre mood.
“Bring the coats then, let us do it now.” orders Lewis as he walks out of the back door to the shed, opening the shed door he looks inside and finds a ball of green plastic string. Backing out of the shed he sees Suzy standing by the dustbin bags holding the coats, Suzy looks pale and Lewis wonders if she is going to be sick.
Suzy looks round at him and straightening her back she looks Lewis in the eyes; “Do you want me to do it?”
“No we will have to do it together; we need to tie the coats tight and make a kind of rucksack with them as it is quite a walk.”
Suzy smiles in appreciation as she was not looking forward to handling Doug's body on her own. They put Doug's torso and head, still in its black plastic rubbish sack, inside one of the coats and bind it tightly. Making a strap from several lengths of green string Lewis tries it over his shoulder; finding it a little loose he adjusts the strap until Doug is comfortable on his back.
Taking him off and laying him on the ground he and Suzy bind Doug's arms and legs together and wrap them firmly in the coat. Tying it tightly Lewis makes a similar strap for Suzy and tries it on her for size; “How does that feel?” he asks grim faced.
“The string is cutting into my shoulder,” complains Suzy “I do not think I will be able to walk far without cutting off my blood supply.”
Lewis goes into the shed and looks around with no joy as he can see nothing suitable. Coming back out of the shed he looks at Suzy and the string strap; “You can wrap that area with a tea towel to act as a bit of padding, we will need two.” he smiles reassuringly.
Suzy puts the coat containing the arms and legs onto the ground and walks to the kitchen, Lewis looks around him while he waits and walks over to the remains of the fire; much unburned carpet and clothing still remain around the edge of ash. Lewis notes it in his head to have another fire this evening. They will have to burn everything they are wearing when they have got rid of Doug anyway. This reminds him that he will have to stop off at his flat on the way back to get a change of clothes.
Suzy comes out of the kitchen carrying two blue chequered tea towels, walking up to Lewis she asks; “Will these do?”
“Those will be perfect.” smiles Lewis; “You had better come give me a hand to take the carpet out of my car.”
“I had forgotten about that, what about the neighbours?”
“We will have to take a chance as we are running out of daylight.” says Lewis looking anxiously up at the sky which already has the feel of evening to it.
Using the path that runs alongside of the bungalow they go out to Lewis's car; all is quiet and they can see no one at all. Unlocking the car and opening the back door Suzy helps Lewis drag the carpet out, the carpet is old and heavy with a thick pile and is Hessian backed. Suzy sneezes from the dust and Lewis pushes her to one side, grabbing hold of the carpet he slings it over his shoulder and hurries along the path. Suzy looks around her and still seeing no one hurries after him, catching up with him as he approaches the back door; “I will help.” she says as Lewis starts to lower the carpet; grabbing hold of one end she helps Lewis carry it into the kitchen.
“Put it down here.” orders Lewis as he starts to drop the carpet down onto the kitchen floor.
They put the carpet down and Lewis walks over to the sink, taking a cup out of the cupboard he runs the cold tap for a little while before filling the cup. Taking a long drink he looks at Suzy; “Have you got an empty bottle or something in case we get thirsty when we are out?”
Suzy nods her head and takes the cup out of his hand, drinking the remaining water she puts the cup in the sink and opens the cupboard above. Taking out a small bottle that will hold about two cupfuls she fills it from the cold tap.
“Let us do this.” says Lewis firmly as he walks out of the door and along the path to where Doug is laid.
Suzy locks the kitchen door behind her and joins Lewis; “How shall we do this?” she asks nervously.
“Best you go out and see if the coast is clear, I will bring him along.” answers Lewis as he bends down and picks up the coat containing the arms and legs.

Suzy hurries along the path and out the gate, she looks nervously up and down the road and around at the surrounding bungalows and gardens. A man with a black and white Staffordshire terrier turns the corner at the end of the road and starts walking towards her. Suzy shuts the back door of the car which had been left open when they took out the carpet and walks back to the bungalow as Lewis comes into view; “Go back, there is a man and a dog coming.”
Lewis steps back around the corner and puts the coat down; “How far away?” he asks.
“He will be walking past in a couple of minutes; I did not want to take the chance of him seeing you.”
Lewis leans against the wall of the bungalow and catches his breath while he waits, the man and dog soon walk past and nodding his head towards the road he indicates to Suzy to go and look again.
Suzy walks slowly along the path and reaching the car she turns and smiles and opens the cars back door. Lewis picks up the coat of arms and legs and walks quickly to his car, bending down as he reaches it he throws the coat onto the back seat and after looking up and down the road hurries back for the other coat.


Chapter Five

Pulling up in the little parking area in the woods Lewis puts the brake on and switches the engine off; “Let us have a look round first, make sure there are no hikers or walkers.” he says as he gets out of the car. Leaving the door open he approaches the wooden gate that leads into the field, leaning casually on the top he surveys the field for any movement.
Suzy joins him in leaning on the gate and looks out at the huge field of grass spread before them; “What a beautiful place is it private land?”
“No, this is in fact a nature reserve, a herd of cows get put out here in the summer to keep the grass down, apart from that it remains undisturbed; and should remain that way forever.”
“That is a nice thought, until they want to build houses on it or use it to grow crops.”
“That should be at least a hundred years away, maybe.” smiles Lewis.
“Where is this Well then?” asks Suzy looking around at the field and surrounding woods expecting to see it.
Lewis laughs and points to the far corner of the huge field; “It is all the way down there, I told you it was a bit of a stomp.”
Suzy looks to where Lewis is pointing and guesses it must be a kilometre away; looking around again Suzy can see no signs of life; “We doing this then?”
“Yes, we will have to hurry as its getting dark.” replies Lewis looking up at the darkening sky. Not waiting for an answer he goes back to his car and opens the back door. Leaning in he pulls out the coat with Doug's torso and head and lays it on the ground. Pulling out the coat of arms and legs he passes it to Suzy who reluctantly takes it from him.
Shutting the back door Lewis walks around to the driver’s side, slams the door shut and locks it. Walking back round to Doug's body he picks it up and slings it over his shoulder as Suzy passes him a blue tea towel. Tucking the towel under the rope strap, where it presses on his shoulder, he moves Doug's body to a comfortable position.
Suzy picks up the other coat with its grizzly contents and puts it over her shoulder, tucking the towel under the strapping she nods her head that she is ready and follows Lewis over the stile.
A green sign indicating it is a public footpath points the way Lewis is walking and Suzy follows him out into the field.
Lewis sets a fast past and after a few hundred metres Suzy shouts for him to stop. Lewis frowns in annoyance as darkness is approaching quickly, but acknowledges Suzy needs to rest and catch her breath.
“We have to hurry Suzy if we leave