FELICIA HEILGENDORFF

Just a Little Poison

I was sitting alone on one of the wooden benches in the teacher’s lounge. Of course, students were never allowed in here, but I had been desperately wanting to talk to my Chemistry teacher and the room had been empty.

Lost deep in thought, the sudden footsteps nearly made me jump a mile, but I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the haggard face of my teacher.

He didn’t even see me sitting there, merely walked into the room and sat down on one of the benches opposite me, burying his face in his hands. I was too scared to talk. He was white as a sheet and his body was trembling. Then he looked up all of a sudden. His eyes wide and crazed.

“I just poisoned my wife,” he said. That’s when he noticed me sitting there.

© 2016

Friday Fictioneers, 20 May 2016

Photo prompt provided by J Hardy Carroll

Responses

  1. Josslyn Rae Turner

    Great story! Very well written. 🙂

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    1. Felicia Hf

      Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂

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      1. Josslyn Rae Turner

        You’re welcome! 🙂

  2. jademwong

    OMG. Whoa. The suspense is written very well in this! You packed so much plot in so few words. Great job!

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    1. Felicia Hf

      Thanks 🙂 I’m glad you liked it – I had no real idea where I was going with this while I wrote it!

      Reply
  3. gahlearner

    Oops. From a chemistry teacher that wouldn’t have been accidental poisoning. Thinking out loud may be a bad habit. Good story.

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    1. Felicia Hf

      Definitely not accidental! Perhaps he should have at least looked around the room before thinking out loud. Thanks 🙂

      Reply
  4. swritings

    Great story! Nice suspense! ☺

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    1. Felicia Hf

      Thank you!

      Reply
  5. mandibelle16

    Oh no, you can’t say anything in private these days. Especially, if you’re a teacher lol.

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    1. Felicia Hf

      Nope, you definitely can’t! Though perhaps you should be careful saying private things in a public place anyhow 😉

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  6. Dahlia

    Yikes! Hope he didnt poison the little girl (or boy?) too. Very nicely done 🙂

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    1. Felicia Hf

      I hope so too! Thank you 🙂

      Reply
  7. Angelica Kidd

    Great story! I would love to know what happened previously! 😄

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    1. Felicia Hf

      Thank you! I’m glad you liked it 🙂

      Reply

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