Now for the dramatic conclusion to K.K. Sierra's short, the Cabin.
Written, by, yours truly.
The Cabin II: A Short
The assassin watched from the
shadow of the woods, breath steady, body lying prone in the cold, white
snow. The woman had stepped inside
moments earlier, and the assassin waited patiently for her inevitable exit.
It wouldn't take long. The man she
was married to was snuggled up inside with one of her male cousins and two
girls young enough to have watched and enjoyed that annoying show with the
dancing creatures that spoke gibberish at each other.
A patch of orange light illuminated
the darkness as the door opened and the woman stepped onto the slick wooden
porch. The assassin heard enough of the woman's words to understand the position
she'd found her husband in.
A smile curved lips too often
serious. The woman wouldn't have to
worry long, the assassin thought.
"Babe, wait. " A man, her
husband, the assassin knew, ran out behind her. "It's not what it looked
like. I can explain."
"Actions speak louder than any
words you'll ever say."
"But, honey, you know I love
you."
"No. What I do know is first
thing tomorrow morning I'm going to my attorney's office. We're over."
"You don't mean that. Think of
the children."
The woman laughed, and the sound
traveled over the silent yard to the assassin.
"Funny thing, I am thinking of
the children. One of us has to."
"I always--" the man's
words were cut off, and his eyes widened in shock as a perfectly round hole
appeared in his forehead.
The woman screamed, maybe in fear,
possibly in shock, but the assassin preferred to think the scream was one of
relief. Relief that she'd been spared--not that she'd ever had to worry, or
relief that her nightmare marriage was truly and finally over.
When the authorities arrived the
assassin was long gone, and there was no sign that a presence had been lying in
wait in the woods outside the cabin.
If the woman knew who'd pulled the
trigger, she never let on, but she did send her best friend a bottle of her
favorite wine with a note attached that simply read, I heart you.
