He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,548Please respect copyright.PENANA0g5ioO0FdA
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of548Please respect copyright.PENANAVhM2UDf3SG
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his548Please respect copyright.PENANAXhwY8jMeQy
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know548Please respect copyright.PENANAR25pXH8V0C
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn548Please respect copyright.PENANAR6CVY7DPdV
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was548Please respect copyright.PENANA8SetrUI3wN
his curiosity stronger.548Please respect copyright.PENANAelrDdmxKAC
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him548Please respect copyright.PENANAFk6obORMXu
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.548Please respect copyright.PENANAwyNfP7maZi
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.548Please respect copyright.PENANAKd6IEKTxZW
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.548Please respect copyright.PENANA1E0jjyUt7F
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as548Please respect copyright.PENANAlMG0H7HaX8
it came.548Please respect copyright.PENANAaZHNnEB0IF
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she548Please respect copyright.PENANAt5BP9PWIg8
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon548Please respect copyright.PENANAYK2flqCs7R
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.548Please respect copyright.PENANAmz2WOvYFDM
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away548Please respect copyright.PENANA7Cr7pyCEx6
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened548Please respect copyright.PENANA8wttW27BgZ
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how548Please respect copyright.PENANA9osbKeJXdR
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.548Please respect copyright.PENANAeWcewgCqOA
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked548Please respect copyright.PENANAB7d4I6zA6p
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured548Please respect copyright.PENANAeFBsMs3Yul
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed548Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1IGXmfRqa
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he548Please respect copyright.PENANA9IWu7n4LxT
married.548Please respect copyright.PENANAmIbdyUwgE9
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her548Please respect copyright.PENANAYCqiIQ633N
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A548Please respect copyright.PENANAgJeazYIwZR
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with548Please respect copyright.PENANADVLHPRSLNy
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only548Please respect copyright.PENANAISq4ZwrDDM
married her for her beauty.548Please respect copyright.PENANA4LL6SlXZdF
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing548Please respect copyright.PENANAwmSGeDLuZS
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.548Please respect copyright.PENANAYhVkpDZYRT
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was548Please respect copyright.PENANAefm0XQbmKy
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on548Please respect copyright.PENANA6RnJigzfGS
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.548Please respect copyright.PENANATzBa5P5fP5
‘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.’548Please respect copyright.PENANA1RY5JZbAcJ
Her voice grew louder and angrier.548Please respect copyright.PENANAia0uAvPUWy
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’548Please respect copyright.PENANAOP20XZ1sfE
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red548Please respect copyright.PENANA8DBY29tbDX
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin548Please respect copyright.PENANAwVR96VSZvb
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted548Please respect copyright.PENANAhzxUBYDTIM
in the sun.548Please respect copyright.PENANAGV1TTYyujS
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the548Please respect copyright.PENANAeF3WtFc1US
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his548Please respect copyright.PENANACk6SGSnbRF
eyes used to be.548Please respect copyright.PENANAIZQ6SmcuF0
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.548Please respect copyright.PENANA5A4IlgkJbD
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,548Please respect copyright.PENANAbsObwWkvKe
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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