Just a Normal Pie

"Mmmm, this pie is delicious Mrs Basingstoke" I said, happily filling my face with another spoonful.

"You're welcome deary, can I get you any more?" She replied in her usual upbeat tone.

"Say um... You're a Mrs yet you are alone, what happened to your husband?" I enquired.

"Oh, he's gone." She said. "Fairly recently actually, took my by surprise just the other week."

"I'm so sorry." I said, feeling rude for asking.

"Don't worry about it sweetheart, you didn't know. You just keep eating up that pie." She smiled.

"I forgot to ask, what's in this pie?" I questioned.

"Not much really, a bit of spice, gravy... And meat. It's just a normal pie." She turned and began to clean up her plates in the sink.

"Well it is amazing." I said, complimenting her on her amazing cooking. She let out a sigh of contentment.

"Oh my Alan, he was always such a sweet man." She took a spoon to my pie and ate a mouthful herself. "I like to think theres a little bit of him inside all of us."

I had now finished all my pie, I handed her my plate and sat back down at the table. A few minutes later she placed down a powl of trifle. I began to dig in.

"Anyone would think I was trying to fatten you up." Mrs Basingstoke chuckled. Her chuckle became manic laughter.

I asked her what she found so funny.

"Amazing isn't it deary, just how tidy it is."

"How tidy what is?" I asked.

"Cyanide" She hysterically cackled. "Kills a man no problem, and doesn't ruin his meat at all."

I began to feel uneasy.

"How was the pie? Was that not the best meat you'd ever tasted?"

I began to choke on the trifle I was eating, I spat out a lump of it one the table.

"What's the problem?" She said, seemingly guiltless.

"YOU MADE ME EAT YOUR HUSBAND!" I yelled.

"Oh no sweetie, that's just a normal pie."

"YOU ARE SICK!" I yelled as I stormed to the door, it was locked. I yanked at the door handle as hard as I could but it would not budge. "WHAT DID YOU DO?"

"Spiked his food" she said.

I felt unusual. She just smiled and said...

"Now sit down and finish your pudding."