THE TRAP (PART ONE)
As they both pause to relieve their deep panting, the one posing as Raya, with a smile, stands up and pushes him playfully away from the grill. Expertly, she takes the grilled dish with one of the tongs and shoves it away from the coals. Unknown to many, before her mother remarried, Elena was already mildly proficient in the kitchen. She then opens up the palm leaf with a knife and lets the fragrant and herby steam from the cooked fish rise towards her and her now very hungry companion.
"Yes, time to eat, 'Marion'. Here, you start."
"What about you?"
"You first. I'm still full. Just ate, remember?"
As the Orion imitation takes a taste, he realizes that the dish is truly heavenly...
And the "fish" is indeed cooked to perfection out in the open.