He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,389Please respect copyright.PENANA1sZZZruP5U
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of389Please respect copyright.PENANAx7iztmJiM7
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his389Please respect copyright.PENANA9mbXEI9r4A
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know389Please respect copyright.PENANA6AiI4qYQ0L
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn389Please respect copyright.PENANA5IllyYfjNj
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was389Please respect copyright.PENANAsa2Wu9t8hf
his curiosity stronger.389Please respect copyright.PENANAxLZv15bp87
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him389Please respect copyright.PENANAYRGChsciVT
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.389Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2KsaPDE7s
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.389Please respect copyright.PENANAHqp0FQ9ufC
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.389Please respect copyright.PENANAyxXb4MF37I
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as389Please respect copyright.PENANAX0mm5XWkfw
it came.389Please respect copyright.PENANAY3qyKhvdy5
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she389Please respect copyright.PENANArFJTiSNKTF
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon389Please respect copyright.PENANAyaSXs6V1PS
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.389Please respect copyright.PENANAgWaD6EyMli
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away389Please respect copyright.PENANAyz292AMms3
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened389Please respect copyright.PENANAdwckiJA795
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how389Please respect copyright.PENANASim9eP5QqM
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.389Please respect copyright.PENANAAs6F9tqaIv
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked389Please respect copyright.PENANA1RelIKBf8Z
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured389Please respect copyright.PENANAH73qVYUwC7
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed389Please respect copyright.PENANAqa9TamL5ld
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he389Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6TpAVc0gC
married.389Please respect copyright.PENANAEujGKvOWsu
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her389Please respect copyright.PENANAw8iVCLG6Zw
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A389Please respect copyright.PENANAZfAHFd203d
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with389Please respect copyright.PENANAkORKoQ5FUP
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only389Please respect copyright.PENANAUpOm4P8AFp
married her for her beauty.389Please respect copyright.PENANA5w4Bnl5lco
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing389Please respect copyright.PENANArIcMd4AVYw
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.389Please respect copyright.PENANAsbs7LbrKeu
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was389Please respect copyright.PENANAPWOFtjhX5Z
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on389Please respect copyright.PENANASINoKpsmwC
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.389Please respect copyright.PENANAA3TAsSLEFz
‘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.’389Please respect copyright.PENANAKJlO2sbROZ
Her voice grew louder and angrier.389Please respect copyright.PENANAFqRE5BAqay
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’389Please respect copyright.PENANAcOJRs7UuCx
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red389Please respect copyright.PENANAVINcv5KPkV
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin389Please respect copyright.PENANAP4Y2O2uuf2
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted389Please respect copyright.PENANAlVtgEPrDUh
in the sun.389Please respect copyright.PENANA3K3FGt5rxz
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the389Please respect copyright.PENANASmfrYwVBuy
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his389Please respect copyright.PENANAX1TH3cpwf7
eyes used to be.389Please respect copyright.PENANATGdpfUpNG2
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.389Please respect copyright.PENANA1VF7EZkiwk
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,389Please respect copyright.PENANAOjWipt2EWB
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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