She was a beauty
He never realized just how beautiful this fallen Queen was
Her eyes were honey brown
Her lips plump
Her mane long and untamed
He could no longer picture her lips in a smile
He supposes she had the most exquisite sort of smile
He thought of how strong her lips must be
To twist themselves to form such a sight for her children as she read to them
You would think that looking back at their life, he would feel remorse
But it was nothing of the sort.
His heart did not clench in an antagonizing sort of pain
His blood did not run cold
His eyes did not water
He had no agony to release, no pain to expel
He was simply numb to her.
Maybe that was why she punished him so
Why she had him find her
Soaked in her own misery
Stained in red
It was a usual color on this fallen queen
He often painted her in it himself
But never did the crimson paint looked so alive
Never did anyone wear death so beautifully
She was a new woman
Not the one he left cowering before him that morning
Death had not taken from her
It gave to her
A new flame
It sparked in her the flame of rebellion that he saw only a few times
This woman resembled the one he met all those years ago
On the eve of their wedding
clad in that green dress
The same one who propositioned him
To take her to undo her every time they fucked
The woman he slowly snuffed out
And in the cruelest way, killed.
He never loved her, not once
He couldn't even recall hating her
He supposes that he did what he did because he could
That was the answer to any questions
The truth of it
Piero De Pablo killed his wife slowly for twenty-five years simply because he could
because he did not care
To him, she was never his wife
To him, that beauty was always and will always be his Padrona
And whoever truly cared about them
YOU ARE READING
Padrona ✔️
General FictionPardona (noun)- A Mistress. They were married but she was never his wife. His slave, his maid, his Padrona, his trophy but never his wife. #514 in ShortStory ~21/08/2018 #57 in General Fiction ~ 14/12/2017 #64 in General Fiction ~ 11/12/2017 #92...