2023-03-27 23:33:06In a dark, silent room. The cold breeze hangs in the air. The smell of raw meat fills the entire area. Where an electric saw can be heard from the long passing road. Where the blood of slaughtered animals drip and their bodies skinned. That's where the brunette woman worked. She neither smiled nor laughed.
All she did was kill, skin and chop animals. But rumour was that she was no ordinary butcher, she also slaughtered humans.Present day
Simon Bentley was running late for a meeting. The traffic had delayed his daily trip to work. This was becoming a habit, of which his brother Arnold, also his partner at Bentley industries was getting tired of.
"Excuse me, sorry." He cried, trying to stop the lift from taking off. But it was already full, so he stood by and waited for a few minutes. The lift was now safe to enter. A woman with curled black hair entered. He followed after her, trying to be a gentleman. The sweat on his face was completely obvious as he was running late. He tried to say a few words but all that was heard was mumbling. The woman did not seem at all interested. She neither smiled nor give the man attention. "Ooh.. Third floor, that's my cue to leave." He said, in a squeamish way. The woman was still silent. Her jaw was hard and visible but she still looked very beautiful with her cat eyed shaped eyes. "Wow, he's finally arrived." Said Arnold looking from outside the glass door. The men and women in their tight formal wear, stared at the door as Simon entered. "Please forgive me everyone. Traffic was bad. I had to walk." Arnold was completely agitated by the same comment. To him it was deliberate. "And as always we had to wait till you arrived to start our meeting." He said. "I wish I could control the traffic but I can't." With that said, Simon took a seat opposite his brother like he always did. The meeting ended an hour later. The room was finally free from the office arguments as well as conflicts that required resolving. Arnold and his brother were the only ones left. "This habit of yours of coming late is really going to make us look bad and unprofessional." Simon rolled his eyes with irritation."I told you before. I don't control the traffic and if I could I definitely would." He said in his defence. "You can always come an hour early." "What about my sleep, I hardly get any." "I hardly get any sleep too. But I still show up early." "I have to go, I don't need this." Arnold watched as his brother leave the room. He knew that if he ever tried to run after him, they would end up fighting and his image was too important to maintain. He did not want to tarnish it in anyway. Simon got inside the lift. He was so angry that he had nor even noticed who was in the lift with him. Suddenly, a book fell to the ground. Simon picked it up, he turned his gaze to the back and realized that it was the woman he had been in the lift with, earlier."Oh, it's you again."
The woman shot a slight glance at Simon, then faced ahead. "Uhm. My name is.." "I don't care what your name is." The woman interrupted. "Oh finally, she talks. Well I noticed that the book you were carrying was of Bram Stroker's Dracula. Do you like vampire novel's much because I have a few I could share with you." The woman did not turn to face Simon but she did utter words that ran through the spine with a chilling effect. "I am a butcher, what do you expect?" She said. Simon chuckled. "Well I am.." "Mr Bentley, the owner of this dump. I get it." The woman interrupted. "I wouldn't really call this place a dump, its more like a doll factory." "Wow. Even a doll factory is better than this place." Simon was slightly offended. "My brother and I worked hard to build this place up. If you have any problem with this building then why are you here?" He asked. The woman laughed out hilariously. She turned to face the man and continued to laugh. "You're already offended. My father would have eaten you alive." She teased. "So your father is a cannibal?" "I think he may have eaten a few bodies when he's plane crashed on the jungle." Simon laughed out. "I could already imagine." "I am Pauline." The woman stretched out her hand. "I am.. Oh, you already know who I am." They shook hands. "Its good to meet you sir and sorry for being rude earlier on. I just don't like men." "Oh. May I ask why?" "No." "Alright. Well, I guess its my cue to leave." Simon said, awkwardly. "Me too. See you again maybe." Simon watched as the woman left the building. "Easy, easy." He said in a low voice. The woman turned hee gaze towards his direction then smiled. "That's it." The man followed after the butcher woman, right at that moment. "Can i get your number?" He asked. "As I said before, I don't like men." "Well, what do you like?" "Chopping up meat." "I also like my work but we all need to have a social life, right?" The woman shot a glance at Simon. He sensed that she was disagreeing with his statement. "Can I at least take you out on a meal sometime. We could eat ribs if you like." "Do I look like a rib girl to you?" Simon felt awkward. "No. But you look like a woman who needs to go out and I am the right man to take you there, wherever you want." He said. The woman smiled, slightly. "You should come to the Meat and grill house and order some of my finest cuts for your family." She said. "What time?" "After hours, which is at 9pm." Simon was thrilled. "Thank you. I'll be there." He said, excitedly.
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The spy made a copy of the drawing then drove off. She parked three houses away from where Arnold lives. She called Nathan on his phone. "Hello." He answered. "Can you check if your uncle is asleep. I want to get in " A few seconds later, Nathan realised that he was still alone in the house. "He's not here." Pauline did not see a reason to sneak in. She came in through the front door. "His office is still open." Nathan whispered. "Good." The spy entered and placed the drawing in the blue file as quickly as she could. "Did you find anything useful?" "Not yet. But I will let you know when I do." Said Pauline, lying. Nathan had kept the lights off thinking that the two of them would not be seen by the camera, but they didn't know that it had its own smart features.The camera had a thermal sensor, the function only switched on when the room was dark. The immense work had been put on to keep the house secure. There was more to it than what anyone would have anticipated. Arnold
Chapter 9
Officer Sander's drove to Bently industries and found Arnold waiting for him in his office. He was clearing up some paper's while his colleague's grabbed their files and left. "I didn't realise the law enforcement had already arrived." He joked. "Bring me a scotch, would ya?" "Unfortunately there's no scotch for you today. You accused my nephew of lying." "Well I was being truthful. He did lie to a police officer. And that it a criminal offense. He can get charged for that." "He's a teenage boy. He was probably scared." "I am not a monster. But I am scary, many have said." Arnold rolled his eyes. "You said you wanted to tell me something." "I was doing my routine drive and I saw a perculiar sight. A woman was leaving your house, I didn't want to scare her off and so I watched her from my rear mirror. She was older in age, but she was in good shape." "Did you see her face clearly?" "No. But when I asked your nephew about her, he told me that the woman was a butcher as well a
Chapter 8
Day three of staying at Arnold house was proving stressful for Nathan. Pretending to be happy with him was getting tiresome. He felt eager to ask him question's but because he could not risk the mission of finding his father, he simply stayed silent and talked less. His conversations were more focussed on his school work and other problems teenage boys faced. Arnold was completely convinced that his nephew was clueless on the whereabouts of Simon. The teenage boy, was alone at the house. He granned a copper coin then opened wide the window curtain to let sunrays in. He placed the coin on the table which was opposite the home camera. By doing this he knew that the camera screen would not be able to detect him. A skill he had learned from a YouTube video. He then entered Arnold's office as it was unlocked. The teenager began to search through the drawers, hoping to find something, anything that could expose his uncle. After an hour searching, he found a drawing. It was signed by Simon.
Chapter 7
Two hours had passed since officer Sander's had left Bently Industries, yet Arnold was still feeling watched. He grabbed a phone and began dialing some numbers. "Hello." Said Nathan. "Are you still at school?" "The principal sent us home." "Why?" "He wants us to prepare for the school's fundraising event. It was supposed to have been done the previous week but it was postponed because he was sick." "Oh okay. Can you come by the office." "Why, what's wrong?" "Nothing is wrong I just want you to start doing those flyers I asked for." "How much are we talking about?" "For 50 flyer's I will give you 200 dollars." Nathan smiled."I'll be there in fifteen minutes." He said, cheerfully. Arnold ended the call. Ten minutes later, the teenager did arrived "You are a lot earlier than I had anticipated." "I am fresh and young, what do you expect?" Arnold chuckled. "You will be a good leader one day. Coming on time is just one of the signs." He said. "I know that I will. I am goi
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Nathan woke up feeling tired as he was having a sleepless night. His thoughts were on his father, whether he was still alive. He noticed that his uncle was not at the house as his car was gone. The teenager looked up at the ceiling and noticed a camera had been newly installed in the house. That made him feel unsettled. He took a bath and left without even eating. He no longer trusted his uncle. If he could plot his own brother, who was he to him? He thought to himself. As he took a stroll in the neighborhood, he heard a hooting sound of a car. He turned his gaze and noticed that Pauline was inside of it. The teenage boy quickly ran towards it. Then entered at the back seat. "Can you take me out of here!" The boy cried. "I'm afraid I can't. Things have changed." Said Pauline. "What do you mean things have changed?" "You will have to stay here and look out for Arnold. If you run away from him now, you will look suspicious." Nathan breathed out heavily. "I need a gun then." He s
Chapter 5
Arnold went to his library. He sat there thinking. Where could his brother had hidden the laptop. He grabbed his phone and began to dial. "Sander's here." The police officer replied. "Its me." "Did the boy speak?" "He knows nothing. I'm convinced " "And the laptop?" "He doesn't know anything about it " "Good. We have to keep it that way. Is it safe?" "The laptop?" "Yes." "I told you that my people are reliable. We will only release him once his spilled the beans. We need that weapon." "Don't forget my share." "You know me well. I won't." "What about the prisoner?" Arnold rolled his eyes. "What about him?" He asked. "After his done his job, do we keep him?" "He is still my brother. We can't kill him.", "But he is a loose strand." "He won't have anything to say because he is heavily drugged." "But he will remember our faces." "He won't. He'll be so messed up in the head that doctor's will recommend he goes to a mental hospital." The police officer chuckled. "You
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