Fatal Lies [#wattys2018]

Ch.9||De Ja Vu

Friday went by with no unusual happening, Freya asked me over for dinner.
"Are you sure? "
"Yes, besides mum wants to meet the person who I've been spending most of my time with"
"Okay "
"I'll pick you up around seven".

" Hey mum, Freya invited me over for dinner ", I said opening the fridge, reaching for the carton of apple juice.
" Really,that's very nice of her", she said coming into the kitchen. "Put on something nice when you go over"
"Yes mum I know"
"Remember,  first impressions... "
"Always last, yes mum you told me that a million times"
"I just want you to have fun,  ok honey",she said opening her arms, beckoning me to hug her.
I hugged her and she kissed my forehead.
" Have a good time with Freya baby".

Freya picked me up at seven like she said she would.
We drove on into town and  to the other side of town where she lived with her mum, her father left her mum when she was seven.
"Here we are", Freya said pulling up the drive way. I opened the car door and stepped out joining Freya as we made our way into the house.
I could smell something delicious cooking from the kitchen as we walked towards what seem to be the living room. The walls of the house was filled with photo frames of Freya and her mum on vacation, at the beach , in the jungle and many more.
" Cool photo collection ", I said, walking forward to see the others.
" Why thank you dear", Someone said from behind me.
I spun around,I must have been so engrossed I missed Freya disappearing into who knows where.
Befor me stood a woman who I assumed to be Freya's mum because of her hair and eyes, she had that motherly figure, short and a ready smiling face.
"I'm sorry, I just couldn't help but look at your photo collection"
"Nonsense dear", she said waving her hands. " Now I guess you must be Angelica"
"That's me", I smiled.
" Come on now, Freya should be down in a minute and we can start dinner already ".
Dinner with the two Layton's was quite the jolly occurrence, we talked, we laughed and we ate. I felt like this night  could never end but sadly it did and Freya's mum ushered us out saying to leave the dishes alone.
" Oh and give this to your mother dear", she said handing me a container.
"Drive safely Fifi"
"Mum! " Freya  said, her face pink.
"What?  can't I give my daughter a nickname"
"No!Mum,  Come on Angie let's go", she said pulling me along with her.
" Thanks Mrs Layton, I had a great time "
"Anytime dear".

It started raining showers and by the time it was 12am it poured.
I asked mum to drop me off but she said she had stuff to do so I called Freya to give me a ride which she agreed to on the condition that I go to a beach bash with her.
Freya drove us over to Fairhaven hills where Jenelle lived. Her house was suited at the end of the street with a view of the sea below.

Freya dropped me off at the beside the walk way and sped off. I pulled my coat around me because of the rain and adjusted my backpack as I made my way to the entrance of the mansion that stood 2ft away hidden by the neat edges of shrubs that stood almost as high as the house.

I stood at the gate and Studied the mansion, it looked like a house straight out of a old 90's movie, I estimated it to have three stories or so, I bet they had a pool in the back yard.
I saw a calling button and pushed down on it.
"May I know who's here", a electronic voice said over the speaker above the button.
" Angelica, Angelica Crestwood, I'm Jenelle's Lab partner", I said matter of factly.
The gate swang open and I walked in, heading towards the door.

I had just put my hands up to knock when the door opened by an elderly woman who I pressumed to be about 50 years or so because of the grey streaks of hair falling loosely from her neatly tied bun.
"Oh my!", she gasped then looked beyond me trying to hide the surprise that crossed her face when she first landed her eyes on me.
" Hi I'm.... "
"Angelica of course,come on in dear, Jenelle is at the back paito",she said ushering me in.
" Thanks.....  "
"Nanny? ", Jenelle's voice came from the back as the person herself made her presence known.
" Jenny, she's here",
"Oh hi, come on to the back", she said going out the way she had come in.

It took us 2 hours to put all our information into the write up, by the time we were finished, my tummy was rumbling like the thunder on a stormy night.
" You hungry ", Jenelle asked, quirking her eyebrows. Without waiting for my answer she made her way in gesturing for me to follow her.
The hallway to the kitchen was huge, portraits of people hung on both sides, pictured frames of Jenelle and a very handsome man were loitered here and there between the portraits. I guess this was Mr. Nixon.
The  smell of this place reminded me of something I could not remember, the memory clawing at the back of my mind but I could not reach it.
I tried to sniff harder, then it hit me, the faint fragrance of Roses and Jasmines, now where could I have caught that fragrance.
"Come on Angelica", Jenelle beckoned having reached the end of the hallway and waiting for me.
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