Saturday In The Park

When family man Oliver meets an older lady in the park, her uncanny knowledge about him creates a situation that will change his life forever.

It transpires that Barbara was forced to give up her baby boy, Charlie, at a very young age due to family pressures. Oliver sympathises with Barbara as he has a brother who was adopted. Oliver offers to walk Barbara home and is amazed that she lives in a huge house only yards from the park. Barbara invites him in for a cup of tea and explains that the house was left to her, and she’s lived alone with her dog for years.

Oliver drinks his tea while Barbara is upstairs changing. He starts to feel uneasy on his feet and then notices photos of himself on the walls. Barbara re-enters the room, looking more youthful and with a changed persona. When Oliver asks her why she has photos of him, she explains that he is Charlie, and she was forced to have him put up for adoption. Oliver begins to feel very unstable, and his thoughts and speech become addled.

Eventually, his legs give way, and he realises Barbara has drugged the tea. Barbara almost maniacally explains the reasons for giving Oliver/Charlie up, but no matter how he tries to escape the situation and the house, he can’t, as the effects of the drugged tea grow stronger. He can resist no more and falls into unconsciousness on the sofa, where Barbara cuddles up to him and promises never to let her little boy go again.