He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,564Please respect copyright.PENANApIOooe2MRr
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of564Please respect copyright.PENANAeQwEM87LQp
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his564Please respect copyright.PENANA8Rg13q0LZD
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know564Please respect copyright.PENANACm13xfxfoc
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn564Please respect copyright.PENANAaV3LJVcSRq
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was564Please respect copyright.PENANA2Td5zZmTdW
his curiosity stronger.564Please respect copyright.PENANAD3Dnex6YhF
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him564Please respect copyright.PENANAgSnTl8Y82Q
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.564Please respect copyright.PENANAU0RQ4NR0az
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.564Please respect copyright.PENANA9TznsNxlmS
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.564Please respect copyright.PENANAUQYcYTBFiI
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as564Please respect copyright.PENANAxN3k2SQSl2
it came.564Please respect copyright.PENANACBP9k36Qju
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she564Please respect copyright.PENANAJQxMVJjW8E
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon564Please respect copyright.PENANAaoH5KGo97P
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.564Please respect copyright.PENANAAWqRoBdZAy
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away564Please respect copyright.PENANANkbZ5LGfjX
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened564Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2V73FhR5o
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how564Please respect copyright.PENANAXuIFR41wsm
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.564Please respect copyright.PENANANg1uryNxs0
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked564Please respect copyright.PENANAxUaA1z1Zru
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured564Please respect copyright.PENANAwYia2jqFvG
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed564Please respect copyright.PENANAolZSHWtJOb
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he564Please respect copyright.PENANAFlD2XZ4T4u
married.564Please respect copyright.PENANA5Rfbqoiqqk
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her564Please respect copyright.PENANAjyxZ7y0ChP
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A564Please respect copyright.PENANAUsrozRb4wP
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with564Please respect copyright.PENANABqe3CdHTlX
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only564Please respect copyright.PENANABr25ZWONXr
married her for her beauty.564Please respect copyright.PENANAz7udhitn7A
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing564Please respect copyright.PENANAZnKMiaOgFp
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.564Please respect copyright.PENANAUGqAbriNmU
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was564Please respect copyright.PENANAd3Iu3CcQcA
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on564Please respect copyright.PENANAyDexOPQr4z
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.564Please respect copyright.PENANAX2MwAJRe7X
‘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.’564Please respect copyright.PENANAis7Ucsthdt
Her voice grew louder and angrier.564Please respect copyright.PENANA5SuEMUyrRt
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’564Please respect copyright.PENANAm7cs8auwO6
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red564Please respect copyright.PENANAQDZXDlTf1i
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin564Please respect copyright.PENANAUtOUCoaUQp
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted564Please respect copyright.PENANAA41MpWnz6H
in the sun.564Please respect copyright.PENANAYW3PAmeKnF
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the564Please respect copyright.PENANAqJBztGEfTa
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his564Please respect copyright.PENANAgq89L2BZcM
eyes used to be.564Please respect copyright.PENANA8pVlQTTOtU
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.564Please respect copyright.PENANAaoqpnH9vkV
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,564Please respect copyright.PENANAZr6bBwsKHM
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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