[ WP ] Whilst restocking a vending machine , a janitor finds something horrific jammed inside .

*sigh*… * “ How did I get such a shitty job? ” * 
 Carl wondered, while going through the parking lot picking up the trash. He always felt that he could manage to get an awesome job. But after doing nothing during college but party, he was kicked out within a few months. 
 
 As Carl was thinking about his live situation, thinking it couldn ’ t get any worse, he opened the vending machine to stock it up again. 
 
 *'' flap'' * 
 
 * “ What ’ s this? ” * he wondered. 
 A small envelop fell out of the vending machine. Strange, he should be the only one around who could open this at the moment. The other janitor, Steven, was on a break with his family, and his boss, Max, was at a meeting with the higher ups of the company a few states away. 
 
 He looked at the envelop. One name was written on it. “ Steven ” 
 “ Should I open it…? ” he wondered. It was for Steven, but something seemed off. Only he, Steven and Max should be able to open the vending machine. He didn ’ t put it there, Max could just call him, and there ’ s no reason for Steven to send an envelope to himself like this. 
 
 It felt wrong, but since Steven was away for the whole week, Carl opened it up anyway. In there was a single piece of paper, and a something wrapped in plastic. 
 
 * “ We have still have the rest of your daughter. Please pay, you know who we are. ” * 
 
 Carl stared at the piece of paper for what seemed like an eternity. He looked at the plastic. He unwrapped it, slowly. What took only a few seconds, seemed like an eternity. His heart was hammering inside his chest. What he saw in there was… a fingertip. 
 
 He wrapped it up immediately and just stood there for what felt like hours. 
 
 What was he going to do? 
 
 What should he do? 
 
 *He had a human fingertip, wrapped in plastic inside, holding in his hand. * 
 
 He could hear someone approach, but before he could even react, he heard a strong, metal *click*. 
 
 “ Freeze ” said a voice he recognized he immediately. Carl could feel a metal tip pressing on his back. 
 
 “ Steven…? ” 
 
 “ I thought you would be home by now ” 
 
 “ Someone made a mess back in the office, took quite a time to clean. ” 
 
 “ I see. ” 
 
 A deadly silence fell. 
 No one moved, no one spoke, no one blinked. 
 
 “ I ’ m dead anyway, I don ’ t mind if you would say anything. ” said Steven. “ But if you value your life, I would suggest doing nothing. Please put everything on the ground and leave. ” 
 
 Carl did exactly as told. He had no choice. He left the stuff on the floor, and ran away. He was curious about the situation. But he definitely didn ’ t want to know what was going on. 
 
 ….. 
 
 Three days later Carl still couldn ’ t put the whole thing out of his head, obviously. 
 
 He found a human fingertip in an envelope… belonging to the daughter of a coworker. The coworker himself threatened him with a gun, stating that he ’ s death anyway. 
 
 Max, his boss, was already back. However, this morning, he came into the office with a sad face, however. Two men in suits walked behind him 
 
 “ Carl, I have some bad news…. Steven was found death last night. ” 
 
 Carl looked at him with unbelief. He knew. Steven himself said that he would die. He talked to the detectives afterwards. He didn ’ t knew anything though. After all, he wanted to stay alive. 

