Andrews Plight

By Ken Donaldson

Rising out of a tormented family history since his childhood days. Andrew’s life faces a new adventure arising after the death of his dad. When unexpected future events enter in to his life take him on a direction involving a secret past history he never knew existed. And now Andrew must face the challenge in an adventure where danger waits his arrival as a bitter hatred following him in search a treasure he will surely have to fight to protect if he is to claim what is rightfully his as he hopes to capture the love of his maiden fair?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Mar 30, 2021
• ISBN: 9781008997691

Ken Donaldson

I am the Storyteller of tales, a poet, novelist who can bring to life a world that only you can see through my compositions scribed on parchments to take you to places far beyond the realm of just one reality

Book preview

Table of Contents

Andrews Plight

Copyright

Mornosh Manor

Contents

Prologue

That First Contact

A Tribulation Within

A Second Sight

A Plan in the Making

Tearing of the Heart

Suspicion has Interest

Games Afoot

Second Thoughts

Unfolding the Bigger Picture

Secrets of Old

Playing the Game

Loose Lips Fowl Sails

Suspicion Grows

Happiness at a Price

Happiness finds a Place

What’s done is Done

Revenge Has Karma

Legal Disclaimer

Special Mentions

Andrews Plight

Introduction

A childhood in tatters shapes the direction of adulthood life, where all is never good enough to please another soured bent on destroying Andrew’s life that is …….

Authored by Ken Donaldson

Published Date: December 2016     

First written July 2007. Beta edition August 2010.

Reviewed and Edited procedures during 2016.

Final edit December 11, 2016. 

ISBN: 9781008997691

Copyright

        The contents of this novel as with all novels including those which form part of a series or single composition comprised by Author Ken Donaldson are © under all world trade agreements including national, international and global laws as underwritten by and protected by copyright laws of Australia for the right of fair trade with all countries worldwide. 

The stories composed by Australian Author Ken Donaldson are not works of public domain and as such anyone caught with downloading illegal copies in any material format, or proven to have uploaded to any website illegal copies of the said Author above works shall be liable to compensate the said above Author under the laws of Australia that are held to an account against any acts of piracy by criminal perpetrators.

Penalties currently claimable for damages and may increase depending upon revised Australian piracy laws enforceable to any form of entity worldwide are as follows at the date of this publication:

For a website service provider, a website owner, or a corporation-based venture as any entity who has committed to producing any illegal copies and or selling any illegal copies will be held accountable for any amount of damages enforceable as payment determined by current rate of Australian award for each and every offense at that time for any and all past, present or future lost, plus possible jail time to be served as well. Hence:

The end-user, downloader or individual as any entity who has committed to producing any illegal copies or owning and illegally copies will be accountable for any amount of damages enforceable as payment determined by current rate of Australian award for each and every offense at that time for any and all past, present or future lost, plus possible jail time to be served as well.

By obtaining a copy of this works or any story composed by the Australian Author Ken Donaldson in any material form Electronic or otherwise. You, as the purchaser and or end-user have agreed to both a non-refundable purchase of any original electronic form of the material in addition you may not resell any said electronic material purchased without expressed written consent of the Author to which you have accepted any and all legal responsibility for your own actions under the laws of Australia that govern all as stated under fare use of copyrighted materials worldwide for all nations/countries on Earth you reside upon as your home territorial domain. Further-more, should you be found with illegal copies in your possession you have by law accepted guilt for committing a criminal act of your own freewill and shall be held account to pay for any damages or loss owed to the Author’s Distributors suffered by you as a result of your illegal activities past or present to the value as shall be lawfully determined by an Australian court of law.

This contractual agreement is legally binding even if removed from the publication during an act of criminal intent through the production of illegal copies. You as the end-user are responsible for your own actions in life and any estate accrued during life shall be sold in the event of your death regardless of any and all inherent claims by those preceding you.

Mornosh Manor

Front entry door offers a view of a grey gravel circular drive court showing a statue of Poseidon water-fountain centre feature. The circular turnpike has three exits one where a garden designed guest park allotted for twenty cars to be stowed. One that leads outback for servant use and household cars. The other forms the main garden lined driveway connecting to the public road network.

3 bedrooms exist upstairs plus a master bedroom with on-suite west-side of house, a private study/library across from the master bedchamber and family bathroom east-side above downstairs bathroom.

Formal dining room centre of house down stairs has entry to formal longue that opens to the front alongside the Manor’s formal entry on the west side.

Where an outside landing with a seven-step stairwell on the east-side, from the veranda present a view of the estates front holdings. Plus, a formal courtyard surrounded by a one meter thick hedge eight feet high from the east side that meets with the veranda’s west-side guardrail complete with a gate entry on the east-side of the house to allow servants an outside entry.

In the centre of the courtyard is a fountain pool where a Zeus statue holding in one hand a lightning bolt spurting water out the top splashing against, a world globe held in the other hand.

The downstairs library connects the formal dining room via an entry to the front foyer aka formal entry. Plus, the dining room has an exist to the main hallway network.

Front foyer entry also connects to storage room, behind the foyer used by the servants for household supplies that opens to main downstairs hallway network with exists to servant quarters, Kitchen and family room. Guest are taken through the library into the dining or on to the formal longue.

The servant quarters are west-side just off the storage access with a hall running alongside the Kitchen. 

A down stairs bathroom runs alongside the formal longue covering the east side section a fourth door of the formal dining room east side enters a storage room with upstairs stairwell and a second door to both the family room and down-stairs bathroom.

The Kitchen is level with the dining room at back of house.

The family room is east-side of Kitchen. Here you have a view of the mountain range that curves around the back of the house. Outside you see the mountains used as a boundary line east side.   

Contents

That First Contact

A Tribulation Within

A Second Sight

A Plan in the Making

Tearing of the Heart

Suspicion has Interest

Games Afoot

Second Thoughts

Unfolding the Bigger Picture

Secrets of Old

Playing the Game

Loose Lips Fowl Sails

Suspicion Grows

Happiness at a Price

Happiness find a Place

What’s done is Done

Revenge Has Karma

Legal Disclaimer

Special Mentions

---

Prologue

From out of a lifestyle which should have been much more Andrew fled to seek a new beginning in another township leaving his family home, his servants and one cruel old man he called dad behind. To seek a new life under-which he hoped would not be interfered with again by his dad. But then at the age of fifty five his life once again pulled him back to the family home and that is where Andrew’s story really starts to being. 

That First Contact

Life truly does begin through the death of another.

  Following the funeral after the passing of his dad’s life in the year 1939, a man seen to light amidst worldly dealing he portrayed through a hidden mask. That one he held shown in view of public eye as a devoted loving family man with shared business ethics resenting God for the loss of his one and only beloved wife for all others to see. Tho, Andrew knew him by the other mask a stern cold natured whom, he loved just the same whilst having made allowances for; all the hurtful things his dad had done to him personally over the past fifty-five years now wasted away. During what was now another lifetime lived at Mornosh Manor; a poorly run down estate still in standing condition. Whose title deed wilt now finally become his own. Along with remaining several thousand left out of the family’s wealth not squandered by his late dad, he had managed to save. Despite an ongoing battle with those legal wolves’ leeches and their associated partners in government bodies whom, dreamt up a multitude of ideas intending to steal his inherit title or as much of his estate as they possibly could. 

  Not that it mattered for Andrew had grown accustom to people of ill-reputed natures, thanks to his largely sheltered lifetime under the cruel iron hand that his dear dead dad use to beat him with. Whilst, he effectively had kept Andrew out of the Manor’s stately duties. Which now, placed him a position requiring him to spend time around Mornosh Manor going through not only the remaining personal belongings left behind from his dad’s expired life force prior spent. Come to include taking into account duties he shalt now be preforming in order to kept the Manors future alive. Waged against a constant fight with the probate executors, whose only interest were overseeing the loss of almost two thirds of his family’s monetary wealth stolen in death duties and other false claims. Prior finally putting to rest his dad’s last life’s chapter behind him as he had hoped.

  It was about this time as events continued to unfold when something unexpected brought forth a series of side events that shalt turn his life around in more ways than all he had ever known before.

The day had fallen three days past settlement as it turned out with freedom entering his life on that Sunday morn when, Andrew made the choice to find a little something special for the foyer entry in Mornosh Manor, changing the very spot his dad had always stowed a horrid hat stand; he just could not bear to look at any longer, nor would he have to, having made up his mind. Andrew stepped lively walking out and climbed inside the old pickup truck on a heading direction straight into town.

That is to say, the town of Tomormna which was not a very big town as Andrew knew well before his early adult years before moving away. In search of his own life down to a place called Dunmoring vale; in his early twenties seeking work in escaping a lifestyle away from the anger of his drunken dad. Whom, in his younger days as a child growing to a man; Andrew had found just as hard living with around Mornosh Manor even during what was meant to be the best of times in his life. Something his dad’s drunken abusive torrent upon him had stolen, and yet perhaps it was his dad’s abuse that had shaped his destiny as a much quieter more submissive man future in his own advantage. Who knows maybe it was fated to be given the three failed attempts to establish a life and family he made during the days of his dad’s living years.

  But that was then, for now, it just so happened as Andrew stopped to visit a small secondhand store he had almost drove by on his way down to the custom-made furniture factory. A place which had become the town’s main source of industry employment. Set the opening scene in Andrew’s new life’s beginning, all because of a single sign he happened to notice displaying preloved sale, hanging in shops front window. Which was something he just had to see after having lived a life as one of the poorer people for some time. Had shown him just what it meant to respect the value of the money in ones’ life’s struggle to survive. Hence, he thought ‘the secondhand store was too great a temptation for him to pass up’. With the pickup truck rattling, away as he pulled up to a stop and went inside where he found a delightful lady of around 27 years in age named Janoel whom, at the time had been spending one of those slow-moving Sunday’s that seem to be just wasting away into empty hours. Working alone in this small secondhand store based on the corner of boardwalk way watching her life drift by. That was before she noticed a gentleman in his mid-fifties, walk into her life from out of the blue. Causing her heart to suddenly thumped in beats rising hotter with passion to skip three or four beats, after stepping inside looking around with a seemingly lost look on his face. Tho, Andrew did not see her as he slowly looked around passing down the center isle in his search for an old fashion settee chair to offset the front foyer entry of his new acquired mansion. Janoel on the other hand had become full focused in viewing Andrew’s natural healthy looking body shape that match his mature looking facial feature’s cast to her eye’s sight. Prior making her move without waiting too long after Andrew walked in before asking

Can I help you sir? just to see Andrew turn her way and smile before answering

I am Looking for a settee suitable enough I can use to dress up the front entry of my home. But I cannot seem to see anything here that would fit the space. Upon hearing Andrew’s softly spoken voice. Janoel could not help brushing, her hair back with a quick sweep of her hand feeling afraid she looked like a mess. Before replying

I am sorry, I currently have no settees in stock. But if you would like to tell me what style you are looking for, I may be able to track one down for you from one of the other branches we deal with.

Andrew stopped and stood quiet for a second to think. Whilst Janoel fearing the silent reply made by Andrew meant the loss of an opportunity moved her step quickly towards him as she went on to asking nervously

Would you like me to do that for you sir?. At first Andrew continued standing silent gazing into her eyes. With the trembling tone in the Janoel’s voice processing inside his mind, to answer.

Why not, I have a photo of the type of chair I am looking for he added taking out the photo handing it across to Janoel.

Oh wonderful she said gently taking photo from Andrew, in passing a flirtatious gesture allowing her forefinger to softly touch the back of his warm masculine hand as she received the photo from him adding That will help to make my job so much easier, prior releasing her eyes from the captivating look she had given him and gaze down at the tattered old photo Andrew had handed to her.

Wonderful’ commented Andrew how long will it take to get one".

Janoel’s first response was silent in taking in the question as she considered other thought’s she had in mind.

Yes, no a few days or weeks? enquired Andrew seeking a reply.

Oh, sorry Janoel commented. Reflecting her thought’s back to the topic of the settee after a short spell, glancing down in taking a second look upon the photo and smiled to say as she lifted to her head to give direct eye contact.

I have seen a similar one of these settees not long ago, maybe the owner will be willing to sell it. Mind you it has not been very well looked after. But I am sure that it could easily be repaired by the restorer we use if you would like the work done by us.

  It was at this time Andrew whilst standing there got lost in a trance of his own not