He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,600Please respect copyright.PENANAu9z7znMZUg
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of600Please respect copyright.PENANAAPRQlzV55E
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his600Please respect copyright.PENANAzFsk3HrtSb
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know600Please respect copyright.PENANA7Cnl86CsW0
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn600Please respect copyright.PENANASgZpTspT56
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was600Please respect copyright.PENANAchwoy3mTMn
his curiosity stronger.600Please respect copyright.PENANADkG13za3vW
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him600Please respect copyright.PENANA7dwPwtJIpE
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.600Please respect copyright.PENANAsDXsdVlLoR
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.600Please respect copyright.PENANANP6gFVmMIb
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.600Please respect copyright.PENANAmEQsVsLTUw
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as600Please respect copyright.PENANA24UexUrT2Y
it came.600Please respect copyright.PENANACPArzMfHjj
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she600Please respect copyright.PENANALeDEfeWF6V
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon600Please respect copyright.PENANAbHD3wWhrYp
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.600Please respect copyright.PENANA4l5gmualhg
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away600Please respect copyright.PENANAilxvfM2JYt
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened600Please respect copyright.PENANAISkECcY4O2
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how600Please respect copyright.PENANA6w76r4b51E
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.600Please respect copyright.PENANAtFSvdLhVAw
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked600Please respect copyright.PENANA3upgM89edz
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured600Please respect copyright.PENANAoaHaINdpGj
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed600Please respect copyright.PENANAWzSQQ0vUR3
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he600Please respect copyright.PENANAaiJxXW3ePZ
married.600Please respect copyright.PENANAB1qCtC2Epw
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her600Please respect copyright.PENANAOy3KWJzEoB
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A600Please respect copyright.PENANAz82mMmQ1a5
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with600Please respect copyright.PENANAe76spVziYk
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only600Please respect copyright.PENANAyn4oi57TP2
married her for her beauty.600Please respect copyright.PENANAfz4tYIwpv8
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing600Please respect copyright.PENANA89FzRkGkBQ
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.600Please respect copyright.PENANAyU7jcBgmRP
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was600Please respect copyright.PENANAKS83792OsY
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on600Please respect copyright.PENANA7EYdUvCJSb
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.600Please respect copyright.PENANAnSoCZBr8AI
‘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.’600Please respect copyright.PENANA2MpL88kPsz
Her voice grew louder and angrier.600Please respect copyright.PENANA0OoF45hYCj
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’600Please respect copyright.PENANALv7EmMhlko
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red600Please respect copyright.PENANAmV4HlfKEKc
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin600Please respect copyright.PENANANYwiCAEtTZ
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted600Please respect copyright.PENANAJigGcLMh6b
in the sun.600Please respect copyright.PENANASKfTfSbmet
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the600Please respect copyright.PENANA7JSCb96FDe
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his600Please respect copyright.PENANA0tq6Yf1dRr
eyes used to be.600Please respect copyright.PENANA6eihnlHKZ9
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.600Please respect copyright.PENANAAbIbywLYSp
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,600Please respect copyright.PENANA15tBvxhNHo
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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