The Night He Drugged My Tea

y from the oak tree

from

and begged me for a dri

owed almost

on myself. He licked it all of

band, greedily licking red wine from Jessic

, each file a nail in th

hment settle over her

, feigning exhaustion, Sarah was eng

, a gesture that once sent shi

cking wine off Jessica. She ga

, then a hopeful glint

ould it be...?" He gestured

cut him off,

y, misinterpret

ing you today, I'll mak

ing bags from high-end boutique

zing, a transactional ge

d smile, tossing the bags a

it tired

cut up some fruit, his brow fu

ook again, the doorbell

st the evening chill, holding a

epare this for you, he said he

the box, her eyes

scarf – the exact one used to

he kitchen, a glass

posure momentarily shattering. He quick

he hissed at Jessica, his

, revealing a tantalizing hint

Cole." She smirked at Sarah, a t

rah's hands, then nervously at

no screaming fit, he visibly

" His voice was dismissive, alre

, knowing look at Sar

asn't over, not

am's apple bobbing – his tell-tale sign of

ca' s brazen appearance – it w