For One Night Only by W W Walker

Author:W W Walker [Walker, W W]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781689621403
Published: 2019-08-28T22:00:00+00:00

It was about 4 pm when Kiki knocked on Marigold’s door Marigold answered straight away. She invited her in, but seemed distant, not like Marigold at all. Maybe she had a lot on her mind. She wasn’t the only one. Kiki needed to talk to someone…anyone.

Inside, Marigold immediately sensed Kiki’s distress. “What’s wrong?” she asked.

“I still haven’t been able to get a hold of my friend.”

“Tyra?”

Kiki hesitated, biting her bottom lip “Ehm, no, it’s Tyrone. He’s my ‘kind of’ boyfriend.”

“Oh, I see.”

It was right to come clean. Marigold obviously hadn’t believed her story about a ‘girlfriend’ and if Kiki was going to be the modern woman she wanted to be, then it was time to tell the truth. Besides, something wasn’t right, and she couldn’t shift a feeling of dread, that somewhere and somehow, Ty was in trouble.

“Look, Marigold, I think there’s something really wrong. His car is still outside the gates at the side of the road and I can’t get him on the phone.”

“Well, I’m sure there’s a reasonable explanation.”

Kiki stepped forward and stared into her face. She wouldn’t look at her. She was pretending. “Oh my god, you’re offended.”

“No, I’m not,” she answered quickly. “I realise times have changed. There’s a lot of unmarried couples living together these days.”

“We’re not living together. We’re just having sex.”

Marigold blushed. She looked like she didn’t know what to do with herself. “Well, Kiki, I don’t really know what to say to that. I’m just not that modern, I’m afraid.”

“Don’t worry about it. I’ve always been progressive. It’s held me back a lot.”

That was true. After she’d put herself through college, she acquired an engineer’s degree, which was unheard of in those days. She had no social life, because, apart from working to pay rent in a two bedroom flat shared by five girls, she did a night-time college course on business management, another class where women were predominantly absent.

That’s what got her into Phillips. She’d worked her way up through the ranks and finally took the first female managerial role ever for Phillips UK. That was how she became an entity along with being a single female resident at Seaview.

“So, have you tried calling him at home?” Marigold was saying.

“Yes, I have, hundreds of times.” She walked to the window to see the headland, where the waves were crashing over the rocks. “I’m not usually this uptight, really.”

“You could have fooled me.”

She spun about. “What?”

“You’re always uptight. You’re the most uptight person I know.”

“Look, I know I haven’t always been a good friend to you,” Kiki said. “We’ve had our moments, I understand that, but it’s not that I never liked you. I’m just a very private person and I work a lot, so I’m always very tired.”

“Not too tired to have night-time guests, it would seem.”

“Okay, I deserved that.”

She was surprised that Marigold was that observant. She always had her down as a mindless busybody who enjoyed getting into people’s heads and into their homes. The very notion that she actually liked Kiki was a surprise too.

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