Hot water fogged up the shower’s glass, obscuring the
feminine figure behind it. She sighed, craning her neck as rivulets ran down
her chest. She grabbed the soap and vigorously lathered.
Suds met blood too tenacious for water alone. She scrubbed
her skin, knowing she’d have to bleach the tub. The floors. The walls. Maybe
tear up the carpet. Replace it.
Not that it mattered.
The house was hers now.
But it might prove suspicious to do the “renovations”
anytime too soon. She’d just have to be thorough until the coast was clear.
Her muscles eased under the spray of water. She had
been so tense. Feral. She launched at him in a craze, her hand rising and
falling with the knife. It felt like a fever dream.
But it had happened.
He was shocked she did something this time. This would
be her last black eye. Still, she’d rather not be charged. She wasn’t getting
manslaughter because she fought back for once! No. This was her fresh start. He
simply “left” her. Vanished. Men did it all the time.
Even though his body was currently slumped over
downstairs.
Thud.
Thud.
Thud.
She started, then wiped the fogged glass. Heart
racing, she reminded herself dead men couldn’t walk.
But what she saw proved otherwise.
Hey,
everyone! This story is also posted at Musae
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some work from other talented authors.
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