I picked up the ringing telephone. "Hello Simon Ashden. Oh hello Sharon..." I smiled to myself as she ranted at me down the line.
"You bastard!" She yelled. "Do you know that I could not move... I was totally stuck there and when the kitchen crew came in the next morning."
She went on for a few minutes telling me how humiliated she had been and how could I have left her like that. I don't know what crossed my mind, but I found myself saying... "Well you had better plan your revenge then..." I don't know why I said it and regretted it as soon as the words had left my lips. Sharon went silent, there was a long pause before she spoke again.
"Revenge?" I could hear her thinking this through. "Okay." She paused. "Now you really left me in a bad situation Simon..."
I shuddered, I had a feeling that I was not going to get off lightly here... "Okay" I said, again why did I just not say no? Soon after we rang off and I was left wondering what my fate may be.
* * *
It was a warm summer evening, I was dressed for my nightly run. I was no keep fit fanatic, but wanted to at least try to keep in shape and so a few miles jogging was my idea of doing my best. I was wearing a pair of black Lycra leggings and a tight t-shirt. I put my headphones on and started my slow progress across the road. I was lucky as I lived in the country and so could cross into the fields and run alone without worrying about traffic.
I was a mile or so in and keeping a good pace, I was in a world of my own as I ran and did not see the person behind me, the first I knew was when I was heavily bundled into the thick grass. I gasped and tried to struggle but felt a knee in my back, I tried to struggle but my attacker was too strong as they rapidly tied my wrists behind my back and bound my ankles. I felt the weight come off my back and I turned over to face my assailant.
"Hello there Simon" Sharon had an evil smile on her face. "You are such a weakling!" She laughed. "And I do do weights for my workout.." She smiled. "Well as you offered me the chance to have my revenge I have been thinking about what I could do. I thought we could have some fun."
"Okay, well you have had your fun now Sharon."
"Not yet... I haven't even started."
She told me that she had been watching me and that I always ran the same route each day, so she had planned her revenge around that. She helped me to my feet, I struggled but she told me we were not going far as she pointed to a large barn. I had run past it for weeks not and never noticed it, now as I was dragged inside I wondered what form this revenge would take.
* * *
It took a moment for my eyes to get used to the darkness in the barn. Sharon stood me in the middle of the barn and closed the doors behind her before flicking a switch which bathed the area with light. I looked around, there were barrels and buckets lined up and some other items covered with blue tarpaulins. Sharon smiled and walked towards me.
"Look don't look so worried..." She touched my face. "I'll be gentle. You see, I do enjoy messy food, in fact I know you do too. I want to give you the greatest experience of your life. I think that we will both enjoy it." She laughed. "In fact, I sort of wish I was standing were you are right now." She winked. It was now that I noticed that she was also wearing black Lycra leggings and a crop top and as she stood next to me placing her hands behind her back I wondered what was about to happen.
It didn't take long for me to find out as I heard someone behind me and two people stepped out of the darkness. I quickly recognised Hilary and Sue from the restaurant. Hilary was a waitress and Sue was one of the kitchen crew. Hilary quickly grabbed Sharon's hands and tied her wrists together before doing the same to her ankles.
"Look, I couldn't let you have all the fun."
"Oh..." It was all I could say, I was shocked.
"Now... Simon here told me that Sue was the worst chef he had ever met and that your food tastes like crap." Sharon spoke loudly. "And you Hilary he said you couldn't wait for a bus let alone a table of guests." I watched the two girls glance between themselves and walk towards the pile of food. Sue grabbed a catering size black forest gateaux and walked towards me.