Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-25181957-20140721133443

Dinner's Home!

It's just have been an easy day at work for Jade, an assiociate editor of a magazine, their latest issue had gone to the publisher and the brainstorming for the next issue will not be in a couple of days. She's been busy drinking complimentary drinks from a company that they advertise, reading e-mails and such.

Now, she was on the way to her car in front of a cutesy little food shop; she bought her son his favorite chocolate chip cookies and stopped for a cup of coffee.

While searching her bag for her car keys, she noticed a little hooded figure beside a street lamp, she squinted her eyes in attempt to get a glimpse. It turned out to be a little girl, no older than 5.

A kid in the middle of a busy walkway with someone is not a problem, but a lone child in the middle of a busy walkway without someone is.

Having a soft spot, Jade scurries off to the child.

"Hello. I'm Jade, where's your mother?" she asks softly, kneeling to meet the little one's height.

"I don't know, lady." she responded.

"What's your name? Are you lost?" Curiosity filled the older woman, "I'm Annie. I'm scared, lady." the toddler tugs at Jade's long sleeve.

With pleading innocent eyes, she gave in to taking the girl home with her, of course after reporting it to the police.

After taking Annie to the police to report incident, the officer tending them told Jade that it was best to keep her in tonight; Jade agreed and took the little girl home.

While driving, Annie keeps staring at the woman.

"Can I hold your hand?" Asks Annie.

Jade pondered the question and responded, "Sure, honey." She reached her hand to hold Annie's. The kid's hand was cold, unusually cold.

Jade became somewhat nervous.

Throughout the ride, Annie keeps staring at Jade, occassionally squeezing her hand when she looks out the window. Chills constantly runs up and down her back, goosebumps erupting on her arms and legs.

Then came her neighborhood, it had a very good reputation because it has a little crime. Tonight, it seemed unpopulated, deserted of any human interaction. Her hand started sweating, she flicked her hand that was holding the girl's hand to turn down the heat.

"Why did you let go?" The little girl whined.

Jade didn't respond, Annie shifted from her seat, seated with her knees and leaned in, "Why did you let go?" She taunted slowly.

The uneasy woman slammed at the brakes when the car reached the house's lawn, thus, the child got her arm banged at the dashboard, Annie winced and glared at Jade with anger in her eyes.

"Wrong move, lady."

Jade grabbed the kid at the arm and said, "It's a good thing I bought you home." She dragged Annie from the driveway to to front door.

"Be nice." She warned through her gritted teeth and she lets go of Annie.

Jade opened the door with a smile and greeted her son with a smile and a hug, then greeted her husband. They walked together to the dining room without introducing Annie to them; the son and her husband seemed careless enough to give a look to Annie.

"I'm hungry, mom." Her son complained.

"Just a moment, honey." Jade walked away with Annie.

When they came back with a rope and a gagged Annie, Jade smiled devilish and threw the poor girl onto the top of the table and said, "Dinner's home!"



"I'm so sorry, officer. Annie saw a random woman on the street and then ran to her. She followed her to a huge crowd and I quickly lost track of the both. I'm really sorry." Jade gushed at the house phone while cleaning the bloody table.

"It's okay, ma'am. But did you manage to get the physical features of the said woman?" Said the officer on the other line.

"I'm sad to say, but no. It is dark and my memory is too rusty."

"Again ma'am, no harm done. Thank you for reporting this incident. Have a good day." The line went dead and she returned the phone to its place.

After she dumped the blood-stained towel at the sink to be cleaned later. Jade got a thigh from the large plate sitting at the middle of the table and munched on it.

''I know it lacks of gore and such, I want it to be more shocking not gory, but I'm going to make it gory as soon as I get comments from here. Thanks.''  