I laid out the dishes ready to be taken into the dining hall. Neatly lined with a table number placed next to them. I double checked these as there was a hit tonight, table 18 was the target. I had picked the poison to last a few months so we could not be linked to the deaths. I only booked about 5 targets a year which both made it very hard to trace the deaths back to us. Or at least specifically me since I was the only one involved in the ‘murder’ venture should I say. And made it so I could charge for my services at an incredibly high rate. All the customer had to do was get the victim to come to the restaurant and then I would do the rest.

Alice came up and took the plates innocently unaware that she was an accomplice to their death. I watched carefully to check everything was going according to plan, though it always did, and then carried on with my orders. Another happy customer.