He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,646Please respect copyright.PENANAWJskPHOexp
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of646Please respect copyright.PENANAR0h8wXQ5Kz
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his646Please respect copyright.PENANAtjNBtjtmay
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know646Please respect copyright.PENANAjF0pBe0OBR
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn646Please respect copyright.PENANA8eGVY3k6TZ
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was646Please respect copyright.PENANARhZgPdCfbT
his curiosity stronger.646Please respect copyright.PENANAMyzoONDlNb
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him646Please respect copyright.PENANANOLKVp7mq9
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.646Please respect copyright.PENANARajnVPSYz5
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.646Please respect copyright.PENANAumDwWzviga
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.646Please respect copyright.PENANA7eQf5j8PV6
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as646Please respect copyright.PENANAW35spVuMab
it came.646Please respect copyright.PENANA1bNPkwLeRG
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she646Please respect copyright.PENANAWFUHB5CTb9
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon646Please respect copyright.PENANASzfiJzkWm8
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.646Please respect copyright.PENANAFmHx5NftnG
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away646Please respect copyright.PENANAy9TGXG0HdI
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened646Please respect copyright.PENANA0O9pCy29B9
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how646Please respect copyright.PENANAWutUSNAZGp
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.646Please respect copyright.PENANAbIgltrRRBd
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked646Please respect copyright.PENANAk9o0QpXG9t
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured646Please respect copyright.PENANAL09DBQn1QV
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed646Please respect copyright.PENANA2bk55wD4Gg
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he646Please respect copyright.PENANAecL2fvovCK
married.646Please respect copyright.PENANAPxDboTTfpg
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her646Please respect copyright.PENANA4ig0oAwzz7
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A646Please respect copyright.PENANAl1TpqNYOpy
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with646Please respect copyright.PENANAwxtROqA0AL
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only646Please respect copyright.PENANA2qrGt7XnFb
married her for her beauty.646Please respect copyright.PENANAo1Do4g0hH9
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing646Please respect copyright.PENANAoXpAx2N9K0
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.646Please respect copyright.PENANAHNrghYTwQS
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was646Please respect copyright.PENANA83p2GAz33n
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on646Please respect copyright.PENANArpMeDSFXbE
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.646Please respect copyright.PENANAxXaPKzY58R
‘None of the others lasted very long.’ She continued inching closer.
‘You could not live with a thin piece of cloth could you? Look what you’ve done to me.’646Please respect copyright.PENANAP0l8f7oYin
Her voice grew louder and angrier.646Please respect copyright.PENANAilVEhfaQeq
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’646Please respect copyright.PENANATIORqKIObU
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red646Please respect copyright.PENANAy7CXMYStHM
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin646Please respect copyright.PENANAkho08tf6FA
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted646Please respect copyright.PENANAAT41TWn5HZ
in the sun.646Please respect copyright.PENANAvDnc7ExvlQ
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the646Please respect copyright.PENANADbd8M5vqNG
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his646Please respect copyright.PENANABxK6sYCAzT
eyes used to be.646Please respect copyright.PENANA8gt0Af8R8K
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.646Please respect copyright.PENANAdGpyYf1YdC
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,646Please respect copyright.PENANAdJtbWIQMVP
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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