He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,693Please respect copyright.PENANAjYowSn43SJ
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of693Please respect copyright.PENANAojhSClKG6v
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his693Please respect copyright.PENANAXN3B1TiWP9
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know693Please respect copyright.PENANAl8XYpfhcZZ
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn693Please respect copyright.PENANAwWigKbz8Ru
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was693Please respect copyright.PENANASfKFgtdQ6Q
his curiosity stronger.693Please respect copyright.PENANAlQGO5ZtjMD
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him693Please respect copyright.PENANAFOVD19AnHh
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.693Please respect copyright.PENANAywbeyKKvUh
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.693Please respect copyright.PENANADAtEjHvRkG
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.693Please respect copyright.PENANASnkvAQPe35
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as693Please respect copyright.PENANA5PxxfQlcVR
it came.693Please respect copyright.PENANAQAcKAg1ZeI
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she693Please respect copyright.PENANAoYq8Znt9fT
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon693Please respect copyright.PENANAnGrsS6ng1s
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.693Please respect copyright.PENANAUEnAZJ3W2k
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away693Please respect copyright.PENANAIcy6SZyY3Y
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened693Please respect copyright.PENANAw6JGixx68E
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how693Please respect copyright.PENANAysiPXznXyb
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.693Please respect copyright.PENANATfuCouMuuB
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked693Please respect copyright.PENANArtYw7X911B
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured693Please respect copyright.PENANAf6KctYIfji
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed693Please respect copyright.PENANACRLCFJQx6F
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he693Please respect copyright.PENANAxAdRCVd0yP
married.693Please respect copyright.PENANAutV07UzsGF
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her693Please respect copyright.PENANA1Bp2mm5dk5
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A693Please respect copyright.PENANAdPz1WmUENL
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with693Please respect copyright.PENANA4oMrBVxr0D
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only693Please respect copyright.PENANAlzN1ao8THJ
married her for her beauty.693Please respect copyright.PENANAwH5IYVbnia
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing693Please respect copyright.PENANAvowfLOkx5O
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.693Please respect copyright.PENANA3phxBCEyGj
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was693Please respect copyright.PENANA59hLERMJ5C
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on693Please respect copyright.PENANAqlJRtef4vo
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.693Please respect copyright.PENANA8DSxr8gOlV
‘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.’693Please respect copyright.PENANA9mc3NY68Er
Her voice grew louder and angrier.693Please respect copyright.PENANAl8yrEStlBK
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’693Please respect copyright.PENANAhvRS7VDywN
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red693Please respect copyright.PENANA3cw1lwMAoK
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin693Please respect copyright.PENANArCSnYNLVuX
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted693Please respect copyright.PENANAiySv8D3pcm
in the sun.693Please respect copyright.PENANAIdtAZBAs33
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the693Please respect copyright.PENANAPIi0tCYaRU
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his693Please respect copyright.PENANAYBehURygmJ
eyes used to be.693Please respect copyright.PENANA5FoyqtQGGE
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.693Please respect copyright.PENANACCxEkFvHR5
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,693Please respect copyright.PENANAAzWMhm9CvS
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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