He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,581Please respect copyright.PENANA0hp4nTcXX9
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of581Please respect copyright.PENANAoTv7w3FfSO
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his581Please respect copyright.PENANAjVshRRHrs0
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know581Please respect copyright.PENANAjxFvpJaLRM
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn581Please respect copyright.PENANAeyGeiXs2AG
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was581Please respect copyright.PENANA0gbslsyIJ5
his curiosity stronger.581Please respect copyright.PENANAMtuwAoX5hI
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him581Please respect copyright.PENANAbflY5Spdgn
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.581Please respect copyright.PENANAqLCr8HjL6S
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.581Please respect copyright.PENANA5mKO9wAGr4
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.581Please respect copyright.PENANAx1Pi4kLZtj
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as581Please respect copyright.PENANAuwPki4jDa8
it came.581Please respect copyright.PENANAp3SQDySkmx
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she581Please respect copyright.PENANAjsdNFlu8PP
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon581Please respect copyright.PENANAEXRBtjN8PP
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.581Please respect copyright.PENANAONDfKJ9B42
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away581Please respect copyright.PENANAhKHbMd7VIQ
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened581Please respect copyright.PENANAKm7hVOVCDI
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how581Please respect copyright.PENANADOZ1CReEL2
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.581Please respect copyright.PENANAuAtJJkGGib
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked581Please respect copyright.PENANATuVBBznXoC
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured581Please respect copyright.PENANAjXpyoOZFho
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed581Please respect copyright.PENANAa3DhVJ8tqN
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he581Please respect copyright.PENANACTThnkiZro
married.581Please respect copyright.PENANAYwNaLX2Iij
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her581Please respect copyright.PENANAb29NYbXEk6
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A581Please respect copyright.PENANACPqcfacGRQ
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with581Please respect copyright.PENANAcBcgSbBW8D
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only581Please respect copyright.PENANAfDJDWBQVU4
married her for her beauty.581Please respect copyright.PENANAjCxTvt46yG
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing581Please respect copyright.PENANAgxXUkioZ38
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.581Please respect copyright.PENANAnmDKofKrs1
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was581Please respect copyright.PENANAb5uyuBoqxE
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on581Please respect copyright.PENANAFlOYjZI7is
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.581Please respect copyright.PENANAm7dDVJwrgz
‘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.’581Please respect copyright.PENANAGLqoxEIVL4
Her voice grew louder and angrier.581Please respect copyright.PENANARu4PeArlmT
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’581Please respect copyright.PENANADLGTWCk49n
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red581Please respect copyright.PENANAYiHb8qc0bY
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin581Please respect copyright.PENANAy0RAgsJdSc
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted581Please respect copyright.PENANAeicTxzv77C
in the sun.581Please respect copyright.PENANArmMzrIDJFw
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the581Please respect copyright.PENANA0HToySyoZB
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his581Please respect copyright.PENANAk50P6VqKSE
eyes used to be.581Please respect copyright.PENANAWh1fiZbEQ8
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.581Please respect copyright.PENANAkhpYUvxxOj
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,581Please respect copyright.PENANAYU0NWdt9C2
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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