Fate's Plan by JA Low

Author:JA Low [Low, JA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-11T23:00:00+00:00

The night has been quite nice, much to my surprise. Everyone is lovely in the village, and it seems they very much look out for Lilly, as one of their own. You can see how proud they are of her, for the work she’s done in Africa, and the way they affectionately talk about Lilly’s nan, which made her teary a couple of times, but she assured me she was fine.

“I’ve missed this food.” Lilly licks her lips, we have just finished a soup called Cock-a-leekie. I thought Lilly was playing a joke on me, but she wasn’t. What a strange name, couldn’t imagine serving that at one of our family dinners, my mother would probably have a heart attack at the sinful name. Then I watch in shock as they bring out platters of large roasted turkeys, baked vegetables and sauces.

“Lilly.” I nudge her gently. “At home, we don’t eat meat Christmas Eve, giorno di magro, we eat lean to purify our body for Christmas Day.” Lilly’s eyes widen.

“Oh, shit, they are going to think you don’t like their food if you don’t eat it. This is a big tradition in Scotland, to have a big roast turkey with all the trimmings. We can pretend there was an emergency phone call and go. I can get take away for us, and go home and have something that you would normally have.” My world stops at that moment. She is having a great time, but because I mentioned feeling a little uneasy about breaking my tradition, she didn’t even second-guess it. She is willing to pack up, eat our dinner at home, so I don’t miss out on my tradition. No, I can’t let her do that, she’s just come home from living in poverty for the last couple of years. Her sister is on the other side of the world, her parents are in London but don’t seem to communicate with her, and the two people she was closest with have passed away.

“It looks delicious. I can’t wait to try it all.” Lilly’s hand reaches under the table, linking our fingers together.

“Thank you.” I want to kiss her in this moment, not caring if all these people see. She is an extraordinary woman, nothing like I have ever met before, or probably will again.

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