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Dinner for Two, Death for One
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I ran into my boss when I was complaining to my best friend about how he actively made the workplace hostile for me. He fired off a barrage of questions, "Where's the annual report? Where's the script for the speech? I can't believe you have the gall to enjoy a meal when you have a mountain of work to do!" That was it. I slammed the table. "It's due tomorrow! What's the rush? Are you going to hold a funeral for yourself tomorrow?" My boss stormed off in a huff. I asked for the bill, but the waiter came with two. My table came up to 60 dollars, but the other ran up to 3,750. "Your boyfriend said you're paying for both. Cash or credit, miss?" Shawn Goodall put that impossible bill on my tab and called himself my boyfriend? Unbelievable! I called him, utterly incensed. Yet, he had the gall to say, "Get the receipt and claim it from finance." Then, he hung up. The waiter was going to call the cops if I didn't pay up, so I had no choice but to accept this bitter defeat. I was trying to claim the money the next day, but the cops arrested me instead. "Shawn Goodall died at midnight and was found in his house. You're his girlfriend and the last person he met. You're coming with us."
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Dinner for Two, Death for One Chapter 10 New Lease on Life
Felix heaved a sigh. "I've sent my men right after you told me about the mansion. There's a big neighborhood filled with villas 3 miles away from Southwind Avenue. We might as well be telling the enemy we're coming if we were to knock on every single door."I closed my eyes and searched my memories. "I can remember roughly how many turns they took. And… there was a pungent scent of jasmine around the area."Felix's eyes lit up, and he shot up from his seat. "I'll rally my men, and we'll set off immediately!"His father looked at me and patted Felix's shoulders. "Protect Natasha," he said solemnly.Felix nodded, his expression serious.…We got into a police car and made our way to Southwind Avenue. The night was zooming past me, and my heart was pumping with trepidation and anticipation.I'd waited for this day for far too long, and so had Queenie.The car turned into the villa zone. I took several deep breaths and analyzed the scents around me."This is the place!" I said. "K
Dinner for Two, Death for One Chapter 9 A Lead
"The next day, I found Queenie lying in bed. She was dressed in red, or the red was dressed in her. I couldn't tell. All I could tell was that the wound on her wrist was cut so deep that I could see the whites of her bones." My voice was breaking now, and I could feel myself faltering. "She took her own life an hour after I left. So, I went back to her mother, got to know Shawn, and made a plan to steal his heart."That was when I got to know Nancy." I looked at Nancy. Her eyes were still red-rimmed. "She's also one of Shawn Goodall's victims. We struck a partnership. Well, we're the only allies we have."I took a deep breath. Something within me was cut loose. "I was going to spend the 75 grand on Queenie's mother so she could live until justice caught up to her. However, she trusted Shawn too easily and gave him my account's PIN. "Then, she succumbed to her illness. Ironic, I guess."My eyes never left Felix as I enunciated, "We're commoners. We don't have the power to investi
Dinner for Two, Death for One Chapter 8 She Was Violated
"I wanted her to come with me, but she said, 'Natasha, she gave birth to me. She wouldn't hurt me. You have to run. Run as far as you can, and never come back.' And so I did. They said Queenie's mom beat her half to death, and she was on bed rest for a whole month."I survived by begging on the streets. A lot of them gave me food, a place to live, and taught me how to read and write. Some even taught me how to make a living. I went through the high-school syllabus, completely self-taught. "I eventually took the SATs. It was a year and then some ago that I finally got my diploma. That was when I ran into Queenie at that restaurant. I was going to celebrate my success, and she was on a date with Shawn. "Shawn could easily charm a woman to fall for him if they didn't know him any better. He was handsome, crisply dressed, and well-spoken. I reunited with Queenie after her date. She took me to her place, the house I live in now. We chatted for the whole night."She said she had a
Dinner for Two, Death for One Chapter 7 Dead Friend
I was in the video, but I was alone at the table and chatting happily with… the air. I was also filling up the plate for no one. The second part showed me at my company, specifically when the cops were taking me away.I stood firm and spoke to the air. "Queenie can prove I was with her!" Then, I started crying, and the tears wouldn't stop coming.Felix looked at me. He said in a low, warm voice, "My team has gone to your place. It's covered in dust. Your neighbors said you haven't been home in a year. You've always been at Queenie's. She's already dead, isn't she? For a whole year?"That sliced through all the disguise I'd kept up. My crying turned hysterical and loud, lodging all I had to say down my throat. Felix patted the back of my cold, cold hand. The warmth slowly made me pull myself back together.I sniffled and told him about the past I didn't want to remember. "I was abandoned right after I was born, and Queenie's mom took me in. She was only one year old, and her m
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