BEAUMONT HOUSE - A Short Story By S P Lakin.

When estate agent Annabelle Walters arrived at Beaumont House to sell it to the Fitzroys' she unknowingly had a third visitor.

A thief, taking shelter in the house after a robbery went wrong, takes them hostage when a policeman arrives and stops to use the bathroom.

It will be a tense few hours for Annabelle and the Fitzroys'.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS STORY WAS WRITTEN AROUND THIRTEEN YEARS AGO AND I DID ATTEMPT TO SELL IT TO A MAGAZINE BUT HAD NO LUCK. (I'M GUESSING THE THEME DIDN'T SUIT THEM). AGAIN - THIS STORY APPEARS AS IT WAS WRITTEN AT THAT TIME WITH ONLY, POSSIBLE, MINOR CHANGES - IF NEEDED.

THERE WILL BE ONE MORE SHORT STORY AFTER THIS ONE CALLED 'WINDBACK'. THEN THE WAIT WILL BEGIN FOR 'A DARK TIME'.

THANK YOU.

S P LAKIN.