“It is the sixth year in a row that I’ve come here to celebrate a quiet Christmas.”
“What is so special about this place?” asked Rocky who had to travel a long way with the supplies.
“How often do you come here?” Ronald changed the topic.
“Whenever we receive an order for supplies…”
“Have you ever seen a woman with wide, innocent eyes roam about the place?”
“There are no local inhabitants. People come and go, as and when tourists choose to stay here.”
“She was a tourist and the lake swallowed her.”
Rocky swore he’ll never come here again.
Reena Saxena 
I am suspicious of Ronald too. Sounds like his Christmas visits might be a commemoration of an incident he remembers all too well. Perhaps he wants to feel close to the ghost a certain wide-eyed woman who wanted no part of him in life.
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Or maybe he fears revenge 😯
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Wanted to let you know a poem came out of reading your story. Kind of changed the method of death, but based on your characters propensity to return to the scene: https://frlcnews.com/2019/12/26/the-kiss/
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Thank you 😀
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A great piece of mystery that adds a myth, a dangerous lake where tourists disappear.
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Thank you, James!
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Not a happy place to spend Christmas.
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Can’t be 😀 Have a great Christmas!
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I don’t think I’d go back either! And, no local inhabitants? Wonderfully mysterious.
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Thank you, Brenda! I’ve come across hilltop places with only a security guard and hotel staff around.
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I wonder whether Ronald believes he’s seen her ghost? And what part – if any – he played in the lake swallowing the woman?
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Spectator or culprit who fears he missed the target? 😀😀
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ooh, nice touch of creepiness right at the end. I like “the lake swallowed her” instead of ‘she drowned’.
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That is how a loved one sees it…
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Yeah, I don’t think I’d want to go back there either. Swallowed by a lake. Creepy 🙂
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That is how a loved one can view an accident or suicide 😀 Thank you, Linda!
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Prevention is better than the cure!
After the warning, who’ll dare to go where she was “swallowed”…
X’Mas wishes in advance!
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Wishing you a merry Xmas too…
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Schlepping supplies is bad enough. Schlepping supplies for a ghost is a whole other thing entirely … 😉 No wonder he’s out! 😉
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Thanks, Na’ama!
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Spooky stuff!
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Thanks 😀
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Rocky believes a little too easily for his own good
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Probably a young, vulnerable boy forced to do this work for a living…
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Ronald seems unable to let go – it can only lead to disaster for him.
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Obsessions of any kind are a disaster.
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