DINING WITH THE DEVIL; SHE USES A SHORT SPOON

to me; that is absurd." Diane sc

ough. She felt like do

ever get the chance, I will see you tomor

ed on Diane, she couldn't see

o stop thinking about how she could maneuver

" She asked herself rhetorically

d stretched on her bed when she heard her phone

ed for herself was to a

ed mind. She slid to answer the call, o

rs these days?" she sai

heard a deep, soothing voice

still found it quite difficult to

was talking to, the caller termin

e. Worse of it all, the line became unreac

that have

name. And now, that's the most crazy part of it all," Diane

the mystery caller, Vanessa storme

, you ev

t yourself in without

r you feel like," Diane cried, glaring at her siste

bedroom should look like. But on the con

rowing her eyes around the room as tho

g to have your weddin

on't love Alexander. You onl

sham of a marriage?" Vanessa verbally a

t her sister in utmost confusion, saying

cked up if it was truly my

with the good ones,

l make you regret marrying hi

ed to face Diane fully. "I wi

first. This is no empty threat. I me

the insult wi

couldn't imagine herself fighting w

hed as Vanessa vanished from her r

towards her but not to that extent of issuing

room, she always sees brand-new sh

ngs her sister got, but she was angry at

dered where all the money went, and it

ome and wanted to discuss with her fathe

ad, I want to talk to you a

own door and continued to think about it, un

er was actually inside, but whe

heard footstep

ne? Don't you have a wedding to prepare

the voice, she knew it

I could come to work to

he added with a bit of uncertainty. She wasn't

u would not be here," Decla

your only job is to take care of

l enough until your wedding da

aring her Father spe

she looked at her father disgustedly. Sh

ess fitting at five o'clock." She

erous ways, but she knew she was n

ed home from college and her father beat the living da

lebrated, and even if she did, why w

ey he spent on her tuition and

rsity, but she never heard him lament a

er Things', a Netflix series, whi

o to restore the happiness and co

king all day, and it is making me weak and hun

the cabinet door, she only sees a pack of spaghetti,

binet door beneath the kitchen sink searching for some tomato paste

her dad was an alcoholic, but she never t

child and never had

and had a housemate who knew practically everythin

expert at was making spaghett

s how much she has missed her flatmate and how