Cake

Light & Shade Challenge Story

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Simon gritted his teeth and forced a smile, he chewed manfully on a home made rock cake, it tasted awful and rock was a very accurate description. If he could just persuade his batty old Aunt Judith into a home, he could sell the huge rambling house she lived in and make enough money to pay off his gambling debts.
She'd been a famous author in her day but her books had fallen out of fashion. Simon really didn't see why she should be sitting on such a goldmine when he had real need of the money.
'You'd be warm, safe and comfortable if you moved to Yew Tree Lodge' he said with false solicitude.
Judith agreed and thanked him for all the trouble he'd gone to to find a home she was happy with.
Simon drove away, delighted that his problems would soon be over.
Judith sat, she smiled, it was a pity Simon hadn't taken the time to ask about the books she's written, murder mysteries, every one of them, mostly involving poison.
If Judith had judged the dose correctly that she'd added to the cake mix and she certainly had, Simon would be driving along the cliff road when the poison took effect, his death would be deemed an accident. And he'd saved her the trouble of looking at lots of homes before she decided which one to move into.