He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,601Please respect copyright.PENANAhy8Bp0wqcm
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of601Please respect copyright.PENANAqMcAHutX5A
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his601Please respect copyright.PENANAXecikeGFtW
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know601Please respect copyright.PENANAEoOiqeXH6S
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn601Please respect copyright.PENANAvQYYINU02K
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was601Please respect copyright.PENANADh5L08s13h
his curiosity stronger.601Please respect copyright.PENANA3SvLcE6gFE
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him601Please respect copyright.PENANA4Cxm5AkQ05
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.601Please respect copyright.PENANAyXOLoeypdb
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.601Please respect copyright.PENANAmjzbdwdCPH
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.601Please respect copyright.PENANAV9RdKYTEAb
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as601Please respect copyright.PENANA9TxSFbswYJ
it came.601Please respect copyright.PENANAO1Wf9BT4hs
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she601Please respect copyright.PENANAI6a14v7m7Q
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon601Please respect copyright.PENANAzLgqhVfgr9
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.601Please respect copyright.PENANAsxRG4zJkJY
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away601Please respect copyright.PENANAoZl7mShWzT
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened601Please respect copyright.PENANAMgr3S8T8rg
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how601Please respect copyright.PENANAKxVvlyIpct
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.601Please respect copyright.PENANALKev8zHXsi
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked601Please respect copyright.PENANA5scLe2fta2
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured601Please respect copyright.PENANAXnqQIGRFSJ
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed601Please respect copyright.PENANA8qYuesf7dG
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he601Please respect copyright.PENANAcKFKlQKHEa
married.601Please respect copyright.PENANASef09xutYI
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her601Please respect copyright.PENANAvJzTOY70zO
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A601Please respect copyright.PENANAcrB9ZKBWRp
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with601Please respect copyright.PENANAWKfwcVTepp
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only601Please respect copyright.PENANATii3xDcWzB
married her for her beauty.601Please respect copyright.PENANAudhGAg2ZYN
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing601Please respect copyright.PENANAHjQq11SVSc
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.601Please respect copyright.PENANAhLynqtVFSY
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was601Please respect copyright.PENANAQJHNac14sX
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on601Please respect copyright.PENANAojNHTka9YG
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.601Please respect copyright.PENANAdJf95ZNl7V
‘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.’601Please respect copyright.PENANAeElydWUTiU
Her voice grew louder and angrier.601Please respect copyright.PENANAIWPhgnfrqv
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’601Please respect copyright.PENANACk5lVBeSpo
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red601Please respect copyright.PENANA5OG3TDAH2f
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin601Please respect copyright.PENANAJohOLnHyJK
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted601Please respect copyright.PENANAz8GCRaMcfy
in the sun.601Please respect copyright.PENANAck7MyRmWg7
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the601Please respect copyright.PENANAdIhEsO8qW7
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his601Please respect copyright.PENANAGI6N6rKodJ
eyes used to be.601Please respect copyright.PENANAacSjmZnXHw
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.601Please respect copyright.PENANAG6YjHfYdnU
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,601Please respect copyright.PENANA4lKOz8O2gD
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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