He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYRvIIrUQi
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvgffW4qAA
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvl3ifFUsBo
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSeORtT1wM
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvECmtoOCMT
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8g9KycN46
his curiosity stronger.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdV7hSq9Ag
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEd1w3bU42
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtLQdJEY8t
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6TuFSNkXH
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZDHNA5ZQ9
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZN8htL8up
it came.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbd3itTNeSe
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoPYaZtIOZ
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUdZ143nkM
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgP1r3z4WyW
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOPPKgg5EU
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqOgPiV3mK
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStRsIrWoq9
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUYG8oK242
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIW6T8obnEB
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6Vj7k5YFi
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzalOtdlVgW
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQSM9rBbOL
married.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYtYVQGuLl
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxC4A4jk7T
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwwtb0HXUV
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4IDXA2mkM
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZozgmxAJa
married her for her beauty.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqASyxDLc0
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUSHqedrB5
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iHhXFSF9p
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVnzD6yQYH
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHCYxysGOp
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54Ynwh2vLL
‘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.’474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZvaclJSFT
Her voice grew louder and angrier.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLAcMiVTGF
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIakufgCUVy
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCcFcMZ4rS
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ636XgCqP5
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNjUFLMoJR
in the sun.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0T4v4u0OFX
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN0r2npn3k
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYpqXCAmm3
eyes used to be.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHZVdDkBpY
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXZfBIfFWC
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXw0pkMHR9X
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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