He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpsgraTANg
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YH2ZKxWmG
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnY9BMSuqyD
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpv7t5bGoJ
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiz4BzbOwN
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxK6r7p8KsR
his curiosity stronger.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRuCDl6Rdz
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09NPo50axP
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3TbyX0mgp
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIblR26jJ7
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvqEbu5GgY
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyQHFuGIDd
it came.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnRpnO4aLk
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSek9DfddSm
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjv4EAolyCC
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxV4g1hyvU
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc3zY6fq2S
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteJlFxl5BG
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneK2SHI0rF
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpe5Mhdzb0I
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuEeOpHm67
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcSZvD9efl
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiFXkyxwrc
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0trmkYDKzK
married.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYU97CJMWWV
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd27M3J71A8
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWI7WLdJA4Z
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeXK0nmr55
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VBvA3GDhk
married her for her beauty.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUsmeLWYJP
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoYfj1JMY5
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2PqIGq722
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRWokApdVH
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYZ4XZN0g4
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBSK9UpCtV
‘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.’473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWxNwzGJO2
Her voice grew louder and angrier.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQvkrzRWtU
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ911eMrf5zo
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ9qeFnKTt
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXTSywph7w
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1hUCXFd0c
in the sun.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMm6ACJLlTg
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLWbOajUJp
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lhdVIZ3Th
eyes used to be.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehyDGydPyn
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatSB1mraFv
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRLrbTzi8S
‘I told him he would be sorry’
THE END
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