His mind stayed focused on her. And hers on him.
She walked around the room, circling him. But at the very same time the man showed his first signs of motion as his head fell into his hands resting on the table and a small gasp of breathe emanated from him. A slight sob could be heard.
The woman looked on as the cigraette lay dancing on the table, swaying here then there in the draft as the man slowly gathered himself up and motioned as if to stand up but collapsed right back into his chair. She could not bear the look of desolation on his face and it was all she could do to even pray that she could cry. The man turned to his side so he was no longer facing her. He tried to pick up the cigarette again but his fingers seemed unable to perform even this act. His face was one of a man crying in despair but no tears streaked his face.
And then all of a sudden a small smile came across his face. Not a creature of joy but the gray wisp of a smile of one who has nothing to loose and only the mystery to stare into.
One who has naught but little hope and destiny to cling on to.
She moved towards him and said out loud as if making a declaration, "Fate played a cruel hand to you. But dont despair. There is always more to things than we can understand."
And at the same time he looked up at the cieling and exhaled; then in a quiet absolute whisper he said, "I wish i had told you how i felt. I wish we could turn back time. There is a desire in all our hearts to redo things as and how we could make the most of them. I wish i could live back my life again. Make all my mistakes again learn all those lessons all over. But most of all i wish i could undo the one thing that has led us to where we are." And with that finality he let the cigarette drop.
The clock ticked 5 minutes to noon.
The door opened and two uniformed guards came to escort him to his destination.
The woman followed him as he walked ahead with his head held high and the same smile on his face. The two men besides him felt a small chill going up their spine and looked back at nothing.
As they reached their common destination they set the man down at his assigned place and then took up theirs.
"For the murder of your wife, in the second, by causing acts leading to her death while in medical care, the state condemns you to death by electrocution. May the Lord have mercy on your soul"
The woman watched as they killed the one man who had set her free from all the suffering this world had bestowed upon her. She watched as her man died for saving her from a torment she had begged him to end.
She moved towards him and said out loud as if making a declaration, "Fate played a cruel hand to you. But dont despair. There is always more to things than we can understand."
And at the same time he looked up at the cieling and exhaled; then in a quiet absolute whisper he said, "I wish i had told you how i felt. I wish we could turn back time. There is a desire in all our hearts to redo things as and how we could make the most of them. I wish i could live back my life again. Make all my mistakes again learn all those lessons all over. But most of all i wish i could undo the one thing that has led us to where we are." And with that finality he let the cigarette drop.
The clock ticked 5 minutes to noon.
The door opened and two uniformed guards came to escort him to his destination.
The woman followed him as he walked ahead with his head held high and the same smile on his face. The two men besides him felt a small chill going up their spine and looked back at nothing.
As they reached their common destination they set the man down at his assigned place and then took up theirs.
"For the murder of your wife, in the second, by causing acts leading to her death while in medical care, the state condemns you to death by electrocution. May the Lord have mercy on your soul"
The woman watched as they killed the one man who had set her free from all the suffering this world had bestowed upon her. She watched as her man died for saving her from a torment she had begged him to end.
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The End
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