by Matt Shaw
I dropped to my knees, in front of her head, and raised the blade to the fresh neck wound.
What am I doing...
I can’t do this....
.... as much as I want to do it.
There’s already enough mess to clean up without causing more.
And if I put her on top of the Tree... one thing thinking it - it’s quite another doing it.
The kids.
They wouldn’t get over that.
And I certainly wouldn’t get away with telling people she’s run off with her lover.
I looked around the lounge.
Blood on the wooden floor - thank fuck for wooden flooring, easier to clean up than carpets... bits of Leon scattered around the place in various parcels.... my wife.... I can’t waste time cutting her head off. I need to get everything cleaned up. Hidden away... prepare my cover story.
If I take my wife through to the shed, at the bottom of the garden, and lock the door... could ask mum and dad to babysit tomorrow evening. Come back and cut her up, like I did with Leon... start digging that pond. All the pieces adding to the foundations.
Yes.
That’s my best bet.
It’d be a shame to go to all this effort just to blow it now. Especially with my kids. I don’t want to lose them. I can’t lose them.
Okay, decision made.
Using the dead of night, as cover, he took his wife to the shed - along with the different packages containing Leon - and hid them there until he was home alone. Once home alone, he used his brand new hacksaw to create the foundations of his new pond.
His children were upset that their mother ran off with Leon but, ultimately, got over it with the love and support of their father - and his new ladyfriend, Fiona.
~ FIN
Congratulations! Although opting for a ‘bad’ ending - you at least managed to let the children off from becoming damaged by their father’s actions. It was unfortunate his wife had to die but - sometimes - happy endings just don’t have the same appeal as a good revenge story.