He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,355Please respect copyright.PENANAIpdclqtp2W
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of355Please respect copyright.PENANAfLFrO78NEm
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his355Please respect copyright.PENANAmWlJWVAT99
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know355Please respect copyright.PENANACItpLJ8AhS
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn355Please respect copyright.PENANAp6ZKhZ8g3T
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was355Please respect copyright.PENANAarSvljWv0O
his curiosity stronger.355Please respect copyright.PENANAWfdozO3NpJ
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him355Please respect copyright.PENANAxTMLK26fek
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.355Please respect copyright.PENANA4MG07MpeIx
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.355Please respect copyright.PENANADeCdDqA8Yl
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.355Please respect copyright.PENANAzRJTDhV4Gz
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as355Please respect copyright.PENANAymT2xXY35s
it came.355Please respect copyright.PENANAHvoZGkW0mG
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she355Please respect copyright.PENANANFFtjQlv03
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon355Please respect copyright.PENANAsImlPCtAem
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.355Please respect copyright.PENANAFZSLSf5IMT
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away355Please respect copyright.PENANA8Rx8788oyH
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened355Please respect copyright.PENANA7LCv8JmByO
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how355Please respect copyright.PENANAuwdGTxFs8h
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.355Please respect copyright.PENANAUZgRhHkmjJ
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked355Please respect copyright.PENANAsHXa1QyJTS
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured355Please respect copyright.PENANAQHJVYNMeQw
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed355Please respect copyright.PENANArFGK1r5FkB
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he355Please respect copyright.PENANAF3GUkG9VEW
married.355Please respect copyright.PENANAz5z8yQiHxU
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her355Please respect copyright.PENANACHfi5I79nd
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A355Please respect copyright.PENANAS6D2MdAdUs
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with355Please respect copyright.PENANAoG28ehRelK
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only355Please respect copyright.PENANATnLoXbMoLH
married her for her beauty.355Please respect copyright.PENANAaAhM68J0Cr
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing355Please respect copyright.PENANAeWj5VheuFB
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.355Please respect copyright.PENANAjqadJd5yka
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was355Please respect copyright.PENANATMADUFFmVN
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on355Please respect copyright.PENANA9zfk366LH8
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.355Please respect copyright.PENANAHDJdxkDGkG
‘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.’355Please respect copyright.PENANApPSK9RloIl
Her voice grew louder and angrier.355Please respect copyright.PENANAOhZ2qFpXnH
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’355Please respect copyright.PENANAuH1agpzn0Y
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red355Please respect copyright.PENANALHZezvdj9R
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin355Please respect copyright.PENANAhcZLPegdoY
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted355Please respect copyright.PENANA3h0zUH3lnY
in the sun.355Please respect copyright.PENANAcVM4aaocv5
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the355Please respect copyright.PENANAa0iPZrJdv0
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his355Please respect copyright.PENANApFKHlLVaIX
eyes used to be.355Please respect copyright.PENANAU6ZLEeHgYa
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.355Please respect copyright.PENANALzpc7W96aL
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,355Please respect copyright.PENANABtMBF8w1A0
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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