See You in Hell by Demelza Carlton

Author:Demelza Carlton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Lost Plot Press
Published: 2015-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

"She said we were just going to the café to get drinks!" Gabi hissed in Mel's ear. "I grabbed a couple of bottles to take up to the register, paid for them, and the demon had vanished! I didn't see her until I got outside, when she told me she'd stolen the salt and pepper shakers while I had them distracted. She even congratulated me on being a decoy. I'm an accessory to theft. They won't let me back into Heaven and all because of that damn demon..."

Mel nodded and made sympathetic noises as she tried to fork her lettuce into her mouth without getting salad dressing on her nose. Perhaps there was some trick to it that she simply didn't know? She glanced around the table – no, it seemed everyone struggled with the lettuce, too. Even Luce, whose eyes shifted quickly from her to his plate when her gaze settled on him.

Smothering a smile with another lettuce leaf, Mel eyed her steak, wondering if it was well-done enough not to bleed all over her plate.

"Cooked to perfection," Merih said, sticking a large piece of pink-hearted meat into his mouth.

"I wanted rare," Lili complained, lifting her well-browned beef to her lips with distaste.

"It is rare," Gerry chortled. "How often do you get a meal cooked by Merih and me? Merih even burned his hand making it. Now that's dedication!"

Merih held up his hand, which looked a little redder than usual.

"Oh, let me help you with that," Mel said, reaching for the demon's injured hand.

Gabi's loud laughter made Mel turn to the angel in surprise. "Don't waste your time. Angels can't heal demons, Mel. You'd only burn him worse."

"Oh!" Mel remembered Melbourne Cup Day. "I'm sorry," she said to Merih. Yet she wondered how she'd managed to heal Luce, less than an hour before...

Mel decided her steak was worth the risk and cut herself a slice. It seemed demons weren't too bad at barbequing flesh. Perhaps it was all the practice they had in Hell.

"...and what will I do? We're angels. We're supposed to be perfect, not engage in petty theft on some lowly demon's demand!" Gabi hissed, her eyes filling with tears.

Mel carefully swallowed her morsel of meat. "Angels aren't perfect, Gabi. We're just good." She attempted to fold another piece of lettuce onto her fork, which flipped off just before she managed to insert it into her mouth, slapping her wetly on the nose.

"Not just good," Gabi insisted. "We're better than everyone else. At everything."

Mel laughed. "Better at stealing salt shakers, too?" she asked gently.

Gabi reddened.

"What's the joke, Mel?" Gerry asked, drawing her eyes away from Gabi. "It must be pretty good if it can make an angel blush."

Demonic laughter sounded on all sides.

Mel lowered her eyes. "It's...well, it's sort of a private angel joke. You probably wouldn't find it very funny. Even Gabi didn't like it – so I shouldn't really have said it in the first place."

"Tell us another one, then!" Merih insisted.

Mel smiled and shook her head.

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