A/N: This is a dark, violent, horror story; So if you're not a big fan of those genres, please feel free to scroll on. But if you are interested, let me know what you think of the story, this is my first time writing a horror type story. Thank you and i hope you enjoy my story :)
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I attended baking class just as I normally would do on a Wednesday morning not knowing that today would be different. It was during my lab when it happened. I went back to my station after Chef did his first short demo to start prepping my recipe, when Letitia interrupted me.
“So, first we need to gather all the ingredients, do you--”.
I sighed at my learning specialist.
“I know what to do Letita, jeez. And I already told you that if I need help I'll let you know, so please stay out of my way”.
With a turn of my heel, I went off to start grabbing the ingredients for the sponge cake, starting with the cream and eggs. But when it came back to my station, Letitia did the unexpected. Suddenly I felt a slim hand in my throat, pushing me up against the back kitchen wall, with a large chef knife in her other hand.
“Now I want you to listen carefully you don't tell me what to do. I tell you what to do. I'm your learning specialist and the only reason why I'm helping you is because I'm getting paid well.”.
Then a devilish grin spread across her face.
“Though I would get paid more if anything ever did happen to you”.
I swallowed nervously as she brought the knife blade closer to my throat.
“Letitia, please you're making a big mistake; don't do this” I croaked.
“You have no idea what will be coming for you if you hurt me”.
“Aww, is your little boyfriend going to come beat me up. How cute. He ain't gonna do shit to me”.
Meanwhile on the fourth floor, Micah sat in his Food Science 2 class listening to Chef Allen going on and on about the different sauces that come from the mother sauce bechamel sauce. He was trying to pay attention, but deep down he felt that something was terribly wrong. He wasn't sure what exactly, but he felt like he had something to do with his girlfriend Michelle.
I should definitely check on her after class just to make sure she's okay. After all I did accidentally get her pregnant. That will be okay, right?
“It's not just because of that” I croaked.
“It's because I'm pre-pre-pregnant and he’ll--”.
I suddenly felt the cold blade cut into my throat making my red blood ooze out of it, drenching my white chef outfit.
“--Kick your ass,” I managed to say, before I went limp and Letitia’s hand from blood loss.
She let my body drop to the floor and quickly rinsed the knife off, before she set it on the floor next to me and then pretended to panic and ran to Chef for help.
‘Medical team to training kitchen. Medical team to training kitchen’.
Micah clenched his teeth and a fist as he heard that announcement on the PA system of the college.
My wife has a class in that kitchen. Please don't let the emergency be for her. I can't bear to lose her.
As I laid helplessly on the floor, I felt like the world was speeding fast around me. My hearing went in and out as I heard the commotion. Then the lights fell bright as my vision blurred in and out of focus, before my eyes rolled back in my head and the last thing I heard was the distant sound of sirens wailing.
Later, Micah was frantically pacing in the waiting room at KGH. With his palms sweaty and heart racing, he couldn't sit still. He didn't want Michelle to pass.
I need her by my side. If she leaves me I don't think I could carry that emotional weight. My world will shatter.
Just then, a doctor came out and called out his name.
“How-how is she doc?” he asked nervously.
“She's stable for now. A major artery was cut open and she lost quite a bit of blood” he explained as they walked to her room.
“But she’ll live. She just needs to stay for a couple of weeks to heal”.
The doctor stopped at the door and gestured to him to go inside.
“She is sedated still because we had to stitch up the cut so she didn't bleed to death. And she's lucky too if she had arrived any later, she would have”.
Micah stood next to her bedside watching her peacefully sleep. He gently kissed her forehead before gazing down at a massive bandage on the left side of her neck.
“You didn't deserve this dear,” he spoke softly.
I will hunt down whoever did this to you and make them regret laying a hand on you, he vowed.
He briefly thanked the doctor before he left the hospital, with determination on his mind.
I will for sure find whoever did this to my wife. 1st I better question all her learning specialists to see if they know anything about who really tried to kill her. I better start with Tamara.
The following day, Micah carried out the plan he had in mind. He went up to the fourth-floor tutoring room and Tamara there, sitting alone.
Perfect. Just what I needed.
He gently knocked on the door, before he was greeted by Tamara and was let into the room.
“Is there anything I can help you with Micah?”.
“Well, yes actually. There is.” He chuckled.
Micah slammed his hands on the desk and stared coldly dead straight in Tamara's blue eyes
“Do you know about anything that happened yesterday in the training kitchen that involved Michelle? Are perhaps who was the learning specialist helping her in her Chef lab?”.
“M-m-me? I don't know anything at all about what went down yesterday. I wasn't there so why would I know?”.
“Well, you are one of her learning specialists and second, you talk to the other learning specialists that she has. So, it makes sense that you would hide any information regarding the incident”.
“So, I’m going ask you one more time; Who the fuck was with my wife during her Chef baking lab,” said Micah, raising his voice at Tamara, before lifting up his hand in the air to threaten her to slap her.
“Okay, okay fine. I’ll tell you! Letitia was there when it happened,” explained Tamara in a panicked voice. “She did it because Becky threatened to take her job away if she didn’t. There’s not enough money going around to pay all the learning specialists so Becky decided it would be best to eliminate some students from the program. She placed a hefty price on Michelle since she’s independent and she really didn’t even need to take the program”.
Micah gave a look of shock of horror and disgust at Tamara, before he furrowed his eyebrows at her.
“Where is Letitia now?” He demanded.
“She's in the ladies room down the hall. Just please don't hurt me,”.
Like the speed of light Micah vanished, marching his way down the hall towards the woman's washroom with this face beat red. He slammed open the door and saw that Letitia was in one of the stalls. Luckily for him there was no other lady in there besides her.
“We need to talk, Letitia. So get your ass out here right now,” he threatened.
“Micah, is that you?” she questioned.
“What are you doing in here? You’re not supposed to walk in here. Give the girl some privacy. Go wait in the hall,”.
“Hell Nah, this is way too urgent for me to wait. And does it look like I give a flying fuck? Get out here now before I make you”.
He heard Letitia sigh before she came out of the stall. But she instantly regretted it.
Micah grabbed her shirt by the collar and pulled her up to his face.
“How dare you lay a hand on my wife. And how dare you try to kill her like that. You're so lucky that she's alive, cause otherwise I will not hesitate to make you disappear and make sure you never see your husband or your children ever again. You're even lucky that I’m not beating your ass in this very moment. The only reason why is because I want to be eligible to press charges against you and Becky as well. However, if I don't win the court case, I will be coming for you. You have no right to touch her and not only would you have killed her, but you would have killed my future child. If you were to ever do something like that again, just remember I'm watching you”.
Micah finally released Letitia's collar and began to walk towards the exit of the bathroom.
“Now if you’ll excuse me, I'm off to go down to the police station to file a report and press charges for attempted murder and assault against you”.
As soon as he came he left, without leaving a trace. Only to leave Letitia trembling with fear and made her rethink her past decisions.
The following week, the court session was held; With Letita on trial with the charges of attempted murder and assault. The session opened up with the detective revealing the evidence of the chef knife that was used to cut the victim Michelle’s throat open, had Letitia’s fingerprints on it and on Michelle’s throat too.
“But I’m innocent, he must be lying” she spat.
“I can assure you your honor, that I am speaking the truth,” replied the detective, holding up high a paper copy of the sample scan results from the fingerprints found on the knife and Michelle’s neck.
Then Micah jumped up to speak.
“Your honor if I may; I am here to speak on behalf of my injured pregnant wife Michelle, who is making a recovery at KGH. I have supporting evidence that Letita did in fact did the crime. It also proves that she wasn’t alone in this mastermind plan; The CICE program liaison Becky Thomlinson was also involved. She threatened to take Letitia’s job away if she didn’t kill my wife because there isn’t enough money to pay all the learning specialists. So Becky came up with this crazy plan to eliminate students from the program” spoke Micah.
“What? That’s crazy. I would never threaten any of my learning specialists to take their job away and I would for sure wouldn’t tell them to kill anyone your honor,” lied Becky.
“Not only that, but she also put a hefty price on my wife as a reward to whoever kills her because ‘she’s independent and didn’t need to take the program in the first place’. That was the phrase she used, your honor,”.
“And how would you know about all of this, Mr. Shorts?” asked the judge, he asked curiously.
“Because I heard it from a witness, Tamara Spearing”.
Tamara then stood up from a few seats back in the audience.
“It’s true your honor. Becky said whoever will do the job will get paid over a thousand dollars” replied Tamara truthfully.
People sitting in the audience gasped.
The judge slammed his mallet, silencing everyone in the room.
“I hereby declare that Letitia Graf is guilty and is charged with attempted murder and assault with a weapon on Michelle Thorne. She is sentenced to life imprisonment and will be relieved of her duties effective immediately. And Becky Thomlinson is guilty of forcing her staff to kill students by threatening to take away their jobs. She will also be relieved of her duties effective immediately and the jury will decide her fate later on”.
The Judge slammed his mallet one last time, before he dismissed everyone. As everyone was leaving, Letitia and Becky were quickly handcuffed and taken into custody.
Micah let out a sigh of relief; With the fact he won the court case, and that Michelle will be safe from both Becky and Letitia.
But unexpectedly, his cellphone started to ring. Once he pulled out, he noticed that the caller was from the hospital. He swallowed nervously as he answered it.
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