He sat there next to his wife’s sleeping body, scissors in hand. She looked calm,350Please respect copyright.PENANAyB2BNFigjj
peaceful as she slept. He, on the other hand was anxious, his mind in a turmoil of350Please respect copyright.PENANAP3zCpSFEgP
conflict. He had been for a while now. The ribbon around her neck had taken over his350Please respect copyright.PENANAlyj6DlrVFQ
mind and every time he saw her, that was all he could think off. He needed to know350Please respect copyright.PENANArCywLJbXx2
what lay under the thin satin piece of cloth. That was why he sat next to before dawn350Please respect copyright.PENANA7sIRFrmHP5
contemplating on his decision. Did he love her enough to respect her decisions or was350Please respect copyright.PENANA4rKfx9MRvu
his curiosity stronger.350Please respect copyright.PENANAIa8M4ligfE
He leaned forward making up his mind, however, this time, something else held him350Please respect copyright.PENANABfJbMxdUZN
back. Her words running through the back of his mind.350Please respect copyright.PENANAgBBMulLL8l
Don’t do it. You’ll be sorry.350Please respect copyright.PENANALo3NrtVjEi
The six words echoed like a warning at the back of his mind. It could not be that bad.350Please respect copyright.PENANA5up8uTTrgJ
Right? He thought. However, he knew his wife’s temper and he knew it went as fast as350Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZM1sjE1cH
it came.350Please respect copyright.PENANAANT6e4oMWC
He drew closer to the sleeping woman. He brushed her hair away from her face and she350Please respect copyright.PENANACLajqCtfdV
stirred a little in her sleep. His grip on the scissors tightened as he gripped the ribbon350Please respect copyright.PENANAY07kPJybfY
with forefinger and thumb. He snipped it, letting it fall away from her neck.350Please respect copyright.PENANApXB76p73GZ
Nothing prepared him for what he saw underneath the thin strip of cloth. He drew away350Please respect copyright.PENANAn3tQQ90CIh
from her, panic setting in as he fell to the floor, backing away. His breathing quickened350Please respect copyright.PENANAMRNDM5ve1d
as scrambled to get on his feet. He had never seen anything like it and no matter how350Please respect copyright.PENANAG6RycaJ8D6
much he wanted to, he could not tear his eyes away from her neck.350Please respect copyright.PENANA9wmCzwa3WJ
Surgical stitches marked the area underneath the ribbon all around her neck. It looked350Please respect copyright.PENANABeQMRwOitP
as though her head was sewn on to her body. Her otherwise white skin was discoloured350Please respect copyright.PENANAF9Ob07RoiO
black and blue. The colour of rotting flesh. As he inched closer to the door, he noticed350Please respect copyright.PENANAg9ZxJnuz8V
the colour had begun to spread. His heart hammered in his chest. Who or what had he350Please respect copyright.PENANAgV0iCtSiOz
married.350Please respect copyright.PENANAMElm62buUI
He stopped in his tracks when her eyes flew open. The awful colour had enveloped her350Please respect copyright.PENANABb222CUegx
face and her hair had turned ashen. She turned towards him, looking into his eyes. A350Please respect copyright.PENANAUAlM6uuIXG
shiver ran down his spine. The kind blue eyes that he was used to, was replaced with350Please respect copyright.PENANA4BpiqhOSNP
black. She looked nothing like the woman he knew and he wondered if he had only350Please respect copyright.PENANARjEI6QsaoO
married her for her beauty.350Please respect copyright.PENANAGwmLwFQbqc
He was frozen in place as he watched her stalk towards him, a faint eerie smile playing350Please respect copyright.PENANAERZnz8arV0
on her face as her shrivelled up hand gripped the ribbon.350Please respect copyright.PENANAASPnQW7jej
‘I was wondering how long would you be able to hold back.’ She said. Her voice was350Please respect copyright.PENANAjo9Mrdg16F
hoarse, as though her voice box was cut open. His eyes drifted over to the stiches on350Please respect copyright.PENANAxlfn4juk5z
her neck that looked like it would not hold for very long.350Please respect copyright.PENANAVrrr8h9wbz
‘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.’350Please respect copyright.PENANALcKvZgMLbd
Her voice grew louder and angrier.350Please respect copyright.PENANApHMguZ8UU0
‘You took away so much from me, it is only fair for me to take away something from you’350Please respect copyright.PENANAAMeQb1yrvA
she finished, standing inches away from him.
A beautiful lady stepped out of the room that she had shared with her husband. A red350Please respect copyright.PENANAjaKzwzrXox
ribbon wrapped around her neck. Her brown hair fell down to her waist and her skin350Please respect copyright.PENANAwMHc1eRpHw
smooth and soft. However, her most striking feature; her hazel brown eyes that glinted350Please respect copyright.PENANAsyKn2MvhWQ
in the sun.350Please respect copyright.PENANA6IIRnZq8Gm
She shut the door behind her with a soft click, leaving her ex-husband’s body on the350Please respect copyright.PENANAc6uhnQjWIa
floor, a thick liquid trickling down his face like bloody tears, from the sockets where his350Please respect copyright.PENANA1Qj4UP56kY
eyes used to be.350Please respect copyright.PENANA7iQF6Zy4vk
Hazel brown eyes that glinted in the sun.350Please respect copyright.PENANA8VpntfO3Br
The woman walked away from the room without looking back,350Please respect copyright.PENANAN8qzewSkZc
‘I told him he would be sorry’
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