A glowing future

Short story

1. A GLOWING FUTURE

BY RUTH RENDELL

A man called Maurice had got two stories with different women.
One was his ex- couple and the other was Patricia, his new love.
But he returned to his first home to take his belongings
He wanted to send his things to Patricia as a present.
He was in London with Betsy, his ex couple and he had to send everything to Australia
where Patricia lived and where he had met her when he was working for a year.
He had gone to work and he had left Betsy with promises of coming back and love but it
was not true.
So, Betsy was really angry with him when he came back home but he didn´t want any
kind of argument and he didn´t answer her.
Although, They fought a lot and in one morning while he was packing and preparing to
travel Betsy drove mad and hit him with a lamp on his forehead many times. He fell down
and died

He had written a note in the box full of his things to Patricia and Betsy wanted to send it to
her but instead of sending her all the ornaments and cuttlery, she put the dead man inside
. So, when the men who had to carry the box appeared at 10 o´clock, they sent the box to
Australia with the note and the terrible thing inside … that said “ for Patricia”

CHARACTERS

BETSY

SHE WAS A WOMAN IN LOVE WITH MAURICVE, SH E WAS ALONE AND SHE WAS
FURIOUS BECAUSE HIS COUPLE HAD ABANDONED HER FOR ANOTHER WOMAN
AND HE HAD LEFT HER ALONE WITH PROMISES OF COMING BACK.
SHE WAS DESPERATED AND CRAZY ABOUT HIM.SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO
TO HAVE HIM AGAIN BUT WHEN SHE STARTED TO HATE HIM, SHE TOOK THE
MOST TERRIBLE DECISION AND KILLED HIM.

MAURICE

HE WAS AN UNLOYAL MAN, VERY SELFISH AND A LIAR ( MENTIROSO) .
HE WAS CRUEL WITH BETSY AND HE ONLY THOUGHT ABOUT HIM AND HIS NEW
LOVE, PATRICIA.

PATRICIA

SHE WAS A WOMAN IN LOVE, MAY BE SH E DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
MAURICE AND BETSY AS A COUPLE. OR PERHAPS SHE DIDN´T CARE ABOUT

2. MAURICE´S PAST.
AND AT THE MOMENT WHEN SHE RECEIVED THE PRESENT SHE WOULD FEEL
TERRIBLE TO..