The Mean Girl's Murder by K.C.Adams

Author:K.C.Adams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kristina Adams

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‘How are you feeling?’ I asked, walking into Ben’s house.

Fadil shielded his eyes, turning away from the front door and going into the lounge without saying anything. The curtains were shut, and it was eerily still inside the house. Usually he had the TV or radio or a podcast on in the background when he was alone. Not this time. ‘Being cursed was easier. At least I was just lying there.’

‘You’ve never had a cold before?’ I asked, going into the kitchen and putting the chicken soup Maggie had made for him on the side.

‘Sure. Four thousand years ago.’

Right. Germs had come a long way since then.

I dug into my bag and took out a couple of packets. ‘Doc gave me some recommendations.’

Fadil peered over my shoulder. ‘Recommendations for what?’

‘Things to help speed up your recovery or lessen your symptoms: probiotics, to boost your immune system. Vitamin C, to reduce the duration of your cold, and Maggie’s chicken soup to coat your throat.’

‘Coat my throat?’

‘Something to do with the stuff in it. Turns out, chicken soup does have health benefits. And Maggie just happens to make the best.’ While we continued talking, I put the soup into the microwave to reheat and stuck the kettle on.

‘You didn’t ask Maggie to make this just for me, did you?’

‘No. She makes it at work to use up the leftover roast chickens. Smuggled me a tub out.’

Fadil rolled his bloodshot eyes. ‘Thank you, but you shouldn’t have. None of you should have.’

‘What kind of friends would we be if we didn’t look after you when you’re ill?’ I started making a hot drink for him to take his supplements with. ‘Oh and Doc said it’s better to get your vitamin C from food rather than supplements, as your body will process them differently. But since you were comatose for a few millennia, he thought it was better to be safe than sorry. He also suggested eating sweet potatoes and strawberries to increase your vitamin C intake. But don’t bother with strawberries this time of year. It’s like eating squishy water.’

‘I’ve never eaten a strawberry. Or a sweet potato.’

I stared at him for a moment, the kettle whistling and the microwave humming in the background. Sometimes I forgot how new and alien twenty-first century life was for him. ‘We’ll fix that. When things don’t taste like water.’

‘I’d kind of like to try that, actually. It seems…strange.’

‘Well, that can be arranged. I think Ben is going grocery shopping on his way home. I’ve passed on the message from Doc.’ The kettle finished boiling and I made us both cups of tea.

Fadil sat at the table, cradling his head in his hand. ‘Do colds always feel this bad?’

‘Depends on the cold. Although given you probably don’t have much of an immune system to fight it off…’

He shook his head. ‘My throat burns. My nose is blocked one minute, running the next. My head wants to explode. Is this normal?’

‘Sadly.’ I took the soup from the microwave, divided it into two portions, then put the bowls on the table with a couple of spoons.

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