He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,584Please respect copyright.PENANAJGvLiwblzJ
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of584Please respect copyright.PENANANDupejfSnK
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his584Please respect copyright.PENANAcWhHGPETyY
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know584Please respect copyright.PENANAlGTmj00vU9
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn584Please respect copyright.PENANAlxUp3s1TYe
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was584Please respect copyright.PENANAbrBSmKyNnw
his curiosity stronger.584Please respect copyright.PENANAzehCLn2GXq
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him584Please respect copyright.PENANAQxdQNNuVQy
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.584Please respect copyright.PENANAukzW5Bguo1
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.584Please respect copyright.PENANAUccB8np7yZ
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.584Please respect copyright.PENANAxbwtPdPoKz
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as584Please respect copyright.PENANAD0bvSJxXmF
it came.584Please respect copyright.PENANADckJTCIA4t
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she584Please respect copyright.PENANAGe1qy0842g
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon584Please respect copyright.PENANA71yMGo3dQR
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.584Please respect copyright.PENANAfLEGxY08rG
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away584Please respect copyright.PENANAkO9zEgpONI
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened584Please respect copyright.PENANA8ThFQ0fiaH
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how584Please respect copyright.PENANArFxFTSbSRb
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.584Please respect copyright.PENANAD5S5d91kyx
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked584Please respect copyright.PENANAUI4yx8ggsG
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured584Please respect copyright.PENANAz38oIoqGUa
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed584Please respect copyright.PENANAeOLIwIl59F
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he584Please respect copyright.PENANASUipK98dLb
married.584Please respect copyright.PENANAPfP5TcnYCL
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her584Please respect copyright.PENANAVfEIHB5cif
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A584Please respect copyright.PENANA7V2s2VyMmi
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with584Please respect copyright.PENANAyWlrVddUoe
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only584Please respect copyright.PENANAYaUfG1rvTh
married her for her beauty.584Please respect copyright.PENANALTlMO44BKJ
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing584Please respect copyright.PENANAtSY21JU7E7
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.584Please respect copyright.PENANAZZWcZVjglz
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was584Please respect copyright.PENANAU2m2MOlNqS
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on584Please respect copyright.PENANAoJon14VkZW
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.584Please respect copyright.PENANAGw1tNR231c
‘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.’584Please respect copyright.PENANAYf5efCIMy1
Her voice grew louder and angrier.584Please respect copyright.PENANAd6lJ1svb1t
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’584Please respect copyright.PENANAGZRsrhC9ZY
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red584Please respect copyright.PENANANUf1otXf36
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin584Please respect copyright.PENANA0afSW7Y1eC
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted584Please respect copyright.PENANAOL4GakxDnA
in the sun.584Please respect copyright.PENANArGLawF2KZl
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the584Please respect copyright.PENANAeRwxJbKuxN
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his584Please respect copyright.PENANAPV8GMTSzHg
eyes used to be.584Please respect copyright.PENANA9uruTgvOwI
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.584Please respect copyright.PENANAm7p2xdjwFv
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,584Please respect copyright.PENANA0lDwywTKbI
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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