He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,644Please respect copyright.PENANAxIuWNwrTkh
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of644Please respect copyright.PENANAjA3SLp7yr1
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his644Please respect copyright.PENANAS2v6uPdYe9
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know644Please respect copyright.PENANAjpFgjl30pL
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn644Please respect copyright.PENANAYXpNUJ4RI6
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was644Please respect copyright.PENANABK4jxK0oQ7
his curiosity stronger.644Please respect copyright.PENANAFpEnZS7UA2
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him644Please respect copyright.PENANA5rChAFoQl0
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.644Please respect copyright.PENANAoa8yRiTWuc
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.644Please respect copyright.PENANA5l4IbVVLrh
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.644Please respect copyright.PENANABAJLXEOudu
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as644Please respect copyright.PENANA4jiO69wySZ
it came.644Please respect copyright.PENANA2kSchbWUGl
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she644Please respect copyright.PENANAdVg5QI9xo3
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon644Please respect copyright.PENANA94WB5BGeYo
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.644Please respect copyright.PENANAILOhkPHuiG
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away644Please respect copyright.PENANA0DrOflSr4O
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened644Please respect copyright.PENANAuhB9TaSBHg
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how644Please respect copyright.PENANAkG7le96amq
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.644Please respect copyright.PENANARXTNpqYOcH
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked644Please respect copyright.PENANAeUf8Os2hjx
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured644Please respect copyright.PENANARB8YY6omYP
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed644Please respect copyright.PENANAtU0m4KfxsP
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he644Please respect copyright.PENANAwKtDfK7uBl
married.644Please respect copyright.PENANAFNSst03RWx
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her644Please respect copyright.PENANACgZ9skrfXx
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A644Please respect copyright.PENANAHbd1UkvsGi
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with644Please respect copyright.PENANAsoHGMSNBXi
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only644Please respect copyright.PENANATT7b9ECAen
married her for her beauty.644Please respect copyright.PENANAH76Rvlwkbk
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing644Please respect copyright.PENANAyzzvZq1TPJ
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.644Please respect copyright.PENANAcyfgsDAXQO
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was644Please respect copyright.PENANAOZKsQJ7HVT
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on644Please respect copyright.PENANADasbl5FM41
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.644Please respect copyright.PENANA4cN10UjI0X
‘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.’644Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZOZrlnP8o
Her voice grew louder and angrier.644Please respect copyright.PENANAf6VzYNa1e5
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’644Please respect copyright.PENANANuCtN9Tq7x
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red644Please respect copyright.PENANAFriICk8bUA
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin644Please respect copyright.PENANATFBkZZpOoS
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted644Please respect copyright.PENANAKkOCvlMHJQ
in the sun.644Please respect copyright.PENANA661abVn5Ea
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the644Please respect copyright.PENANANfFlmEZt98
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his644Please respect copyright.PENANATQ9I3EeaGe
eyes used to be.644Please respect copyright.PENANAaIzOW0B2rz
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.644Please respect copyright.PENANAlvySWdkhxr
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,644Please respect copyright.PENANAxEM39Ih3q8
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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