That Witch Bitch: Continued

The Stew

Time passes slowly after not one but two men are taken out to be decontaminated.

Everyone ends up waiting around for dinner which seems later than usual.

I guess they were waiting for Mr Gallant, the hairdresser and a guy who you've come to know was called Stu.

You glance at the huge chandelier hanging over the table, staring at the candles as they flickered.

It was very sad that there was nothing else interesting to do.

Suddenly, you notice everyone's face turn towards the hallway where a familiar face was standing.

Only one.

It was Mr Gallant.

"Where's Stu?" His partner Andre demands, tears filling his eyes.

He knew what had happened.

Wilhelmina Venable comes back into the room after Mr Gallant and finds her place at the head of the table.

"To make up for today's loss we have prepared a special meal." She declares.

As if on cue, Ms Mead strides over to the table with crockery and a warm saucepan.

"No more cubes!?" Dinah Stevens questions hopefully.

Everyone perked up a little but you had no idea what cubes were.

Venable gives Dinah a cold stare before answering.

"No, we still will be having cubes, like I said, this was a special occasion."

You notice everyone deflate slightly.

"What are cubes?" You ask, slightly confused.

"Trust me, you don't want to know, they are supposed to have all our nutrition in but they still taste like pure shit." Gallant says, smoothing down his shirt as he settled into a seat.

The attention is quickly turned to Ms Mead who had just opened the pan.

Steam escapes the pan, filling the room with a luscious odour.

"Mmmm... meat stew." You notice Evie Gallant stare at the saucepan, "This is no doubt going to taste better than when I dined with the Queen of England."

You roll your eyes, you figured that that woman would be on about her past experiences the whole time staying here.

Ms Mead passes the stew around, serving healthy portions in everyone's bowl.

"This isn't going to make up for his death you know." Andre spits, disgusted by how quickly everyone had moved on from his boyfriends death.

Venable then goes on to give him a lecture on how it had to be done to preserve the whole groups safety.

You knew she was right but something felt off.

"Where have you been hiding all this meat?" Dinah Stevens asks with a grin.

"We have.. resources." Venable mutters.

You sense her confidence wavering.

The majority digs into the stew, you however wait.

"I've never tasted anything like it." Mr Gallant says.

"Chicken." Ms Mead says forcefully.

"That's not a chicken bone." Timothy says, pointing a shaky hand towards the odd looking bone Malcom Gallant had just pulled from his mouth.

It looked strangely reminiscent of a spine bone.

"Ughhhh." Andre says, suddenly standing up, "The stew is Stu."

He screamed tossing his bowl up.

You stare at your bowl repulsed as the others back away in horror.

Technically, you were surrounded by cannibals.