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Lindsay Hatfield started her career in the pastry arts as an apprentice to the most famous baker in the town of Korgory. Michael Rikke was his name, and almost every woman in the town knew him, but not in the friend sense. Not only was he the best baker, but he was also the best lover. The man was known for picking up women, fucking them, and then dropping them like a basket of fries into hot oil. The strange thing about all those women is that they never showed their face in the town again. Now, one would think they would at least tell the damned man off, but no. The thing was, back then people kept to themselves and no one intruded in another’s business. Hell, even the police minded their own business. There were never any crimes, so suspicion from the police was unnecessary. However, Mr. Rikke would change all that.

Lindsay pushed the glass door of the town bakery open. The smell of fresh baked cakes, pies, and donuts filled her nose and made her empty stomach grumble. It was to be her first day working at the famous bakery. She looked forward to applying the knowledge she received during her courses in the pastry arts over at the college, but she did not look forward to working with the most promiscuous man in town.

She hesitated at the doorway, her eyes wide as if she had just seen a man naked for the first time. Michael Rikke stood at the counter tearing sheets of wax paper off of a huge roll and laying them onto stainless steel cookie sheets. In her eyes, he was like an angel and a devil, all combined into a sexy package. Lindsay finally mustered up the courage and walked with light steps toward the counter, then stood in front of the man whom she dreaded, yet adored.

“Can I help you?” He asked as he looked up from his work.

“Yes, ummm… I’m…”

“Wait, wait. You must be Lindsay, my new apprentice? Go on in back and get an apron and a hair net. I want to get you working ASAP.”

Without saying a word, Lindsay walked into the swing door and toward the back room where the aprons, hair nets, and other such protective clothing were stored. No matter how hard she tried, she simply could not stop herself from shaking. The man was irresistible. Blue eyes…check. Blonde hair…check. Perfect teeth…check. The only problem was the fact that he liked to ‘use and then loose’ women.

“Almost ready” Michael yelled from the front counter? “I’m gonna need you up here soon for your first assignment.”

“I’ll be right there.” Lindsay said.

Something in the room across from her caught her eye. It was a pile of dust, or at least it seemed like dust. She put the apron on herself and quickly tied the strings at her lower back and then slipped on her hair net.

Lindsay had always wanted to know how Michael Rikke worked, and now that she was behind the scenes her curiosity got the best of her. She silently walked to the slightly open door and began to pull it wide open when she noticed Michael racing toward her.

“No! No! Leave the gelatin alone, please. I don’t want you to go into that room until I send you in there myself, alright woman?”

“Woman!? No need to get all sexist with me.” Lindsay answered sarcastically. She was no longer afraid of the man, nor entranced by him. What an asshole she thought.

“Hey, now you listen to me. You are a woman and you will abide by my commands. God may be the almighty out there,” he said as he pointed toward the front door. “but I am the almighty in here.”

“Hey asshole, number one, I don’t have to be here at all. I chose to be your apprentice. Second, I could very easily file a complaint to the health inspector about this place. You have gelatin lying out on the floor and who knows what else. Don’t you dare talk about being almighty because I have all the real power.”

Silently, Michael walked back toward the front counter. He began to run when he saw the whole place fill with smoke from the oven. Lindsay couldn’t help but laugh out loud. The man was a bonafide asshole; she didn’t know what all the other women ever saw in him. She felt proud of herself for telling Michael off and for having the courage to do it in the first place. She just couldn’t stand a man who thought that just because she was a woman she would have to obey every word that fell out of his pompous mouth.

Lindsay walked toward the front counter and watched as Michael shoved some oven mitts on his hands in a panic and swung open the oven door, releasing a dense cloud of smoke that quickly rose toward the ceiling. He pulled out a tray full of pitch-black cookies and threw them onto the glass counter. If she hadn’t needed the experience so much, she would have ran out of the front door gasping for air. The smell filling the entire building was absolutely horrible. It reminded Lindsay of burning flesh.

Michael slowly turned toward the counter on which laid the smoking cookies. His eyes were filled with rage and his face was nearly as red as a clown’s nose.

“See what you did?” he said as he walked up to the cookies and swept them onto the floor with his arm.

“What I did? I’m not the cause of your tiny attention span. Besides, they’re your cookies.”

“Actually Bitch, they are not my cookies. They were a special order for one of my most loyal customers. And yes, you did cause this. If it hadn’t been for your subordinate behavior, these cookies would have come out fine.”

The bell above the front door rang out again as a customer walked into the famous bakery. The man took two steps into the store and covered his mouth with his shirt.

“What the hell happened in here? Michael, did you burn someone at the stake?” the man asked jokingly.

“Heh…yeah. Listen, I’m not gonna be able to get those cookies to you today. Come back tomorrow and I’ll have them ready. I’m training my new apprentice here, but she’s being quite difficult.”

“No problem, Mike. I know how it can be training someone. Just don’t treat her too bad, she might just quit on you.”

I might just do that, Lindsay thought as the man walked back out the front door. She watched as he took a deep breath of fresh air just outside the shop, and then briskly walked down the street and out of her sight. She was appalled by how Michael could put on the nice guy act with his customers and then show his true self to his new apprentice.

“Get your ass down there and pick up the cookies.” Michael said as he pointed to the mess and smiled.

“That’s it!” Lindsay screamed. “Pick up your own mess, I’m out of here.”

“You’re not going anywhere.” Michael said as he grabbed Lindsay’s arm when she tried to turn away. “I’m going to send you into the gelatin room now.”

Lindsay watched in horror as Michael slid open a drawer near his hip and picked up a sharp knife. Her eyes met his for a brief second and she could see the truth about all those women deep within him. He had killed them; she had no doubt about that. Just as she was about to pull away, she felt the cool steel blade puncture her skin and dig deep into her stomach. Her mind’s slate was wiped clean of all thoughts as she cried out in pain. Pure instinct drove her hand as it flew through the air and hit Michael in the face, pushing his nose sideways and making blood fly from his deceiving mouth.

He stumbled backward and shoved the drawer closed with his hip, and then fell to the floor with a thud. Is he out, she thought as she held her bleeding stomach? The movement of his arms to pick himself up from the floor told her otherwise. Screaming in panic, she tried to run for the front door but Michael was quicker. She cried out in pain again; tears rolling down her beautiful face as her Achilles tendon was cut by the steel knife. She fell to the floor and hit the ground hard, knocking the wind from her lungs. She lay there gasping to breath as Michael stood over her reaching down to grab her arms and pull her into the back of the shop. The last thing she saw before falling into unconsciousness was the pool of blood that had come from her stomach and ankle, and the devilish smile that adorned Michael’s face. It wasn’t so beautiful anymore.

Another early story. Hope you like it!!

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