Scary! Holiday Tales to Make You Scream by Paul Melniczek & John Edward Lawson

Author:Paul Melniczek & John Edward Lawson [Melniczek, Paul & Lawson, John Edward]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense & Thrillers
ISBN: 9781554040803
Amazon: 1554040809
Publisher: Double Dragon Publishing
Published: 2003-09-23T07:00:00+00:00

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"Hello Cupid, thanks for coming in on such short notice," her manager said as she slipped behind the counter and scanned the small trash bin on the bottom left shelf for contents. "Somebody called in for Bonnie, said she wouldn't be able to make it in tonight and hung up before I could get any details. I hope she's all right."

"No problem, Martin. I hope Bonnie's ok, too, but I didn't have any plans anyway," Cupid said and picked up the half-full plastic container. "I'm going to take the trash out real quick, ok?"

"Sure, thanks, but try to get back on the floor as soon as possible," Martin Harris said to her retreating back. "Sandra needs to take her break, Karen soon after and we've been busy as hell today."

"You got it, boss," Cupid said and stole a quick glance back over her shoulder to catch Harris watching her backside with an appreciative eye. Caught you again, Martin, she thought and smiled as he quickly turned away. She passed into the storage area toward the rear of the store and shook her head at the mess on the floor. "Oh, great," she sighed, spotting five full trash bags and more flat boxes than she could count blocking the gray metal door which led to the service corridor.

"Thank God I like taking out the trash," she muttered and bent down to move some of the flattened cardboard boxes out of the way. She had tried using her heels once to perform this action but learned very quickly just how hard the concrete floor of the storage area felt when her butt slammed into it.

Three minutes later and she had cleared a path to the door. She straightened her dress and smoothed it out where it had bunched up around her hips before reaching over to grab the doorknob. An immediate wash of cold air swept into the storage room from the corridor as the door swung wide and she took a step back. "Damn cold," she said and quickly chastised herself again for talking to nobody, a bad habit she had picked up in college.

Grabbing up two of the big black trash bags she entered the corridor and began the long walk down to the dumpster. She always got the creeps in this corridor, like something would spring out at her from the shadows once she reached the far end. She liked facing it, though, conquering her fears on an almost daily basis.

Of course there was nothing there - there never was. But the corridor still managed to spook her every day. That was why she started out with the trash each and every shift. By facing her fears right off the bat, she could handle anything that happened on the sales floor the rest of the day. A mental game, sure, but if it helped her get through the mundane mall workday, it was well worth it to play.

Cupid could feel her shoes sticking slightly to the dirty concrete floor

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