He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,685Please respect copyright.PENANACWAnZpl7r2
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of685Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1AZ2nmCzI
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his685Please respect copyright.PENANAls3wJkPLVQ
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know685Please respect copyright.PENANAzDL6vHoB55
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn685Please respect copyright.PENANANxF52tIe1G
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was685Please respect copyright.PENANAapC4PEz4k7
his curiosity stronger.685Please respect copyright.PENANAjZ2s3YAXFe
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him685Please respect copyright.PENANADnLwZIFqqp
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.685Please respect copyright.PENANAzK58GG6Ge3
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.685Please respect copyright.PENANAkr7mo5UjB6
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.685Please respect copyright.PENANA5x4dKQwKJ2
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as685Please respect copyright.PENANAOc2EXQxxy1
it came.685Please respect copyright.PENANAhSVhXWZsqx
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she685Please respect copyright.PENANAgxDcm1podf
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon685Please respect copyright.PENANAqzcD8TKcVb
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.685Please respect copyright.PENANApDVRqwZDGn
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away685Please respect copyright.PENANAptbjQQQGiR
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened685Please respect copyright.PENANA4pzWfp5mKE
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how685Please respect copyright.PENANAe5PIeDkIpb
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.685Please respect copyright.PENANApZHkdOdLgO
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked685Please respect copyright.PENANAayjYTSFOtm
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured685Please respect copyright.PENANAxrT3uFNtT2
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed685Please respect copyright.PENANAjbXk2mtrwL
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he685Please respect copyright.PENANAIWxgCTuPbh
married.685Please respect copyright.PENANAnHH4HXp2KJ
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her685Please respect copyright.PENANAcpUOroGxsS
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A685Please respect copyright.PENANASkSmYwcoNf
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with685Please respect copyright.PENANAGt6NccLztw
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only685Please respect copyright.PENANA5mNhifT8AO
married her for her beauty.685Please respect copyright.PENANAJN92xAsizY
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing685Please respect copyright.PENANAiKWvMYgzhX
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.685Please respect copyright.PENANA8nWcKAusMi
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was685Please respect copyright.PENANA7jpfBlCHsS
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on685Please respect copyright.PENANAjAlbTNxY2o
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.685Please respect copyright.PENANAjbFF5CNyHy
‘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.’685Please respect copyright.PENANAVghChIBfrC
Her voice grew louder and angrier.685Please respect copyright.PENANADRpg99mAaa
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’685Please respect copyright.PENANARls7atyPZJ
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red685Please respect copyright.PENANA0mtZGNaWFZ
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin685Please respect copyright.PENANAFhomtcymeS
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted685Please respect copyright.PENANAUjgHxNW7zO
in the sun.685Please respect copyright.PENANAlPIhqoZjI6
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the685Please respect copyright.PENANANnwrqdg6q0
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his685Please respect copyright.PENANAYcfgKjap7F
eyes used to be.685Please respect copyright.PENANAxZUhAVAfzs
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.685Please respect copyright.PENANApIGRiHeFvf
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,685Please respect copyright.PENANA6x4t9IKJNE
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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