He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,357Please respect copyright.PENANAAUyacVUzr1
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of357Please respect copyright.PENANA1Jx1CEGPCr
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his357Please respect copyright.PENANAoltDE833BU
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know357Please respect copyright.PENANAhaLHtJfyvN
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn357Please respect copyright.PENANAHnf7PJbcAq
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was357Please respect copyright.PENANAnOVrKmxvCy
his curiosity stronger.357Please respect copyright.PENANApXTAPyHOfx
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him357Please respect copyright.PENANA217Ew95wKs
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.357Please respect copyright.PENANAiNAnssfBAr
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.357Please respect copyright.PENANAieWOflZ6FM
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.357Please respect copyright.PENANAcg6JFtgWK0
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as357Please respect copyright.PENANAuzMG6XgVzx
it came.357Please respect copyright.PENANAQHdR8glLS0
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she357Please respect copyright.PENANAdmUPIM81DL
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon357Please respect copyright.PENANALYH88bzHMM
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.357Please respect copyright.PENANAU33oJPwf58
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away357Please respect copyright.PENANAUWPaMvSdfn
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened357Please respect copyright.PENANAF0hyihPmeh
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how357Please respect copyright.PENANAfhSyhBQj37
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.357Please respect copyright.PENANAfvk0JVhHnK
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked357Please respect copyright.PENANA9uAyHDfR7K
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured357Please respect copyright.PENANAr9H5esx9DJ
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed357Please respect copyright.PENANAuDgRBJn5WX
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he357Please respect copyright.PENANA2UInmhOoLR
married.357Please respect copyright.PENANAeR1L40CNg3
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her357Please respect copyright.PENANAF020FbNIi6
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A357Please respect copyright.PENANAEyEEvNK4ir
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with357Please respect copyright.PENANAxbNWcEY92C
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only357Please respect copyright.PENANAge8f8NHT07
married her for her beauty.357Please respect copyright.PENANAzlAr3W4fVd
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing357Please respect copyright.PENANAvYfRAiHg0K
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.357Please respect copyright.PENANAyzRAVQKK7w
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was357Please respect copyright.PENANAVW2h4q6JhE
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on357Please respect copyright.PENANA0fQjxGAG5a
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.357Please respect copyright.PENANAJFNYTAFvrN
‘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.’357Please respect copyright.PENANA75DVHGKgk7
Her voice grew louder and angrier.357Please respect copyright.PENANAbSWLzKvnVi
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’357Please respect copyright.PENANAw33Sr7sgiQ
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red357Please respect copyright.PENANAArQ3MvbcXJ
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin357Please respect copyright.PENANA9yp6fWxhrU
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted357Please respect copyright.PENANA9Dz9HG3pkS
in the sun.357Please respect copyright.PENANACRcVnJDygj
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the357Please respect copyright.PENANAkFPA89o3q0
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his357Please respect copyright.PENANADbfnUgK3V9
eyes used to be.357Please respect copyright.PENANAOqlbH87oyp
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.357Please respect copyright.PENANALVGCxq3PKC
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,357Please respect copyright.PENANAZvqkSACxmf
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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