Fiction

A Tale of Two Salaries: Chapter Five

Image credit: The author, Stacey B.

Mom was aware of the New Year party at Heath’s, as I casually dropped it into the conversation during the Christmas food shop in the Pick ‘n Pay, a couple of days after Heath and I met up.

The timing was right as she was merrily ticking off finding everything for her menu, with excitement rather than misery. I shook my head at the excess in the trolley and let…