Deadly Fate by Angela Marsons

Author:Angela Marsons [Marsons, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781837903986
Published: 2023-05-24T18:30:00+00:00

FORTY

It was almost 10 p.m. by the time Stacey put the key in the door to the flat. Her Uber driver had been pleasant and polite, and she would make sure she gave him a good rating.

Tuesday was her weekly night for visiting her mother, and she always chose to play safe and avoid public transport at this time of night.

Devon knew not to expect her any earlier, having been present many times when her mother had launched into a full friends and family update, which was more like a military briefing but filled with information that she didn’t need.

Somehow her mother had become the nexus of the wider family since Stacey had moved out. Cousins Stacey didn’t even remember now visited her mum for a cuppa and a catch-up, thereby giving her the scoop on all the family gossip.

There was something comforting in sitting in her old childhood home, doing nothing but listen as the family shenanigans were relayed to her. The whole process washed away the day at work, and brought her home cleansed and revitalised. And much as she loved that time with her mum, there was nothing like letting herself into her own home where her own wife was waiting for her.

A smile plastered itself to her face as she removed her jacket. The haunting sounds of Enigma could be heard from the kitchen, where the only light in the flat burned brightly. An array of aromas greeted her, making it impossible to guess what Devon had been cooking. One scent that she could detect was the Yankee festive Christmas candle Devon had received as a gift; with 150 hours’ burning time, it was still going strong in March. Devon cared nothing for the fact that the season was long gone. She liked the smell of berries and birch and eucalyptus that filled the flat every time she lit it.

‘Hey, babe,’ Stacey said, stepping into the kitchen. Every surface was covered with plastic containers, mainly recycled after Chinese takeaways. The roll of stickers and a marker pen lay on the kitchen table ready for the labelling process.

‘See anything you fancy?’ Devon asked with a wicked smile.

‘Yep, but it isn’t in any of those containers,’ Stacey responded as Devon moved towards her.

They shared a long kiss before Stacey turned her attention back to the filled food containers.

Unlike her, Devon loved to cook. Her job as an immigration officer didn’t afford her lots of time to indulge, but on certain days off she would spend hours batch cooking some of their favourite meals, portioning and labelling them for the freezer.

‘Over here is lasagne, and that is chicken korma, pasta bake, beef casserole and lastly jollof rice.’

‘Really?’ Stacey asked, taking a closer look. Devon rarely attempted the cuisine of their heritage. Her two visits to Nigeria had barely prepared her to tackle it.

‘I got the recipe from your mum,’ she said with a shrug and a cheeky wink.

Oh that would have earned her brownie points, Stacey thought, taking a fork from the drawer.

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