He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,592Please respect copyright.PENANAuZaBf7JdxO
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of592Please respect copyright.PENANAorqo0OoJJg
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his592Please respect copyright.PENANAcqIVV5FXD9
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know592Please respect copyright.PENANAm8Fkn6m8kx
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn592Please respect copyright.PENANAz22WIjnCtJ
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was592Please respect copyright.PENANA9IODk5ywBq
his curiosity stronger.592Please respect copyright.PENANABqwMsKiFMA
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him592Please respect copyright.PENANAIl6cN8zScZ
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.592Please respect copyright.PENANAVCASkUEZeD
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.592Please respect copyright.PENANArnQqK7c6du
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.592Please respect copyright.PENANADlUdpYbFFq
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as592Please respect copyright.PENANAJNuWWiUXKM
it came.592Please respect copyright.PENANAzIuTqK089N
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she592Please respect copyright.PENANAulCbXgbCCV
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon592Please respect copyright.PENANAhIXLNqFhx9
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.592Please respect copyright.PENANAlRxKV1sYAt
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away592Please respect copyright.PENANAoRVUonDqtw
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened592Please respect copyright.PENANAplyMGKqPeo
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how592Please respect copyright.PENANAJXPTuCg01G
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.592Please respect copyright.PENANAbu8eH9bFHQ
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked592Please respect copyright.PENANApnjhrqDvWN
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured592Please respect copyright.PENANAIdJ1YJEjIL
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed592Please respect copyright.PENANAItWY7ti9dJ
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he592Please respect copyright.PENANAwq0vu9j96o
married.592Please respect copyright.PENANAMxGqOthGD1
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her592Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZzrieWUd7
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A592Please respect copyright.PENANAraFF2YqCLj
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with592Please respect copyright.PENANAiC0w9a61u7
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only592Please respect copyright.PENANAVVcHXzHV9s
married her for her beauty.592Please respect copyright.PENANA7snuXv0OTf
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing592Please respect copyright.PENANAYcpkPtnv9j
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.592Please respect copyright.PENANA86Kez4k1Kt
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was592Please respect copyright.PENANAXwxVTT5gzq
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on592Please respect copyright.PENANArpKOuV6JfH
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.592Please respect copyright.PENANAi8mlLIAK8Y
‘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.’592Please respect copyright.PENANAz10iqBNCMe
Her voice grew louder and angrier.592Please respect copyright.PENANAJlc6bpAoVL
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’592Please respect copyright.PENANAjato8CThFl
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red592Please respect copyright.PENANA9iuGCjpNwk
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin592Please respect copyright.PENANABmhm63D3O9
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted592Please respect copyright.PENANALfVPrS2Pul
in the sun.592Please respect copyright.PENANAx9QNSekfVI
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the592Please respect copyright.PENANA3zEOMCRAKK
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his592Please respect copyright.PENANA9PGgaSHbZD
eyes used to be.592Please respect copyright.PENANAkU3NM6TBMN
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.592Please respect copyright.PENANAcrIykwJHeI
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,592Please respect copyright.PENANAwEauxiVV8p
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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