Grace glazed down at the corpse in front of her. His eyes were as red as wine and had seemed to have been torn out of his eyelids. His skin is as pale as the moon. His scent was as rotten as decayed sauerkraut. His bones sticking out of his skin like they’re ready to pop out at any second. His clothing was dim however it still was as red as a ruby. His body looked like it had been there for ages and it had been corroded. His body lying lifelessly in the fountain of blood.
Grace stared at the corpse in front of her. She moved forward and noticed that he was almost a skeleton. His body seemed rotten and old. His hand was sticking outside of the bathtub. She moved forward and grabbed his hand and felt it, it was as rough as sand and it was boiling hot. Grace was transfixed.
As Grace was admiring Mr Jones she felt she was being watched. As she turned to leave, she bumped into Mrs Jones. “What were you doing in there?” said Mrs Jones. “I was trying to find you but I got lost,” Grace replied. Mrs Jones nodded and took Grace to her room and said “It’s not what you think” assuming Grace had already seen Mr Jones. Mrs Jones hadn’t really liked the idea of having an evacuee stay in her house as she had felt uneasy just in case they would discover Mr Jones and just that had happened but she had made a plan.
“As you have found the corpse, I thought I should speak to you about this.” Grace slightly nodded her head. “ As you may already know, the body belonged to my husband.”
“He went out to fight in the war, even though I told him not to because he was in a really bad condition at the time.”
“One day in the winter, after I had got all my groceries, it was extremely dark and since I used to live in a small village near the woods, the government had advised everyone to not stay out after 7pm for too long.”
“Because I didn’t want to stay out for too long after dark I took a shortcut in a small alley that led to my house.”
“While walking down the alleyway I heard a thunderous noise coming from another street near me, it sounded a bit like a gunshot.”
“I went to check it out and what I saw almost made me have a panic attack, right in front of my eyes. I saw my own husband get shot by many people, who looked like they were in a gang and ever since then I’ve been anxious about him because I was scared of something happening to him.” Grace stayed silent. “Please don’t tell anyone about this, if someone gets to know about this then he’ll get taken away from me and I’ll never be able to see him anymore. This is our little secret okay? No one must ever know about this apart from us.” Grace silently nodded. Mrs Jones signaled her to leave her room. Grace stood up and left the room. But what Mrs Jones didn’t know was that Grace was going to keep it a secret for now to gain her trust but she wouldn’t keep it a secret forever.
That night Grace couldn’t fall asleep. She spent all night thinking about whether Mrs Jones had told the truth and if she should tell anyone about this. Grace stayed up all night thinking about why Mrs Jones couldn’t have just buried Mr Jones and visited his grave. Had Mrs Jones done something unpleasant to Mr Jones? Had she not found him? Had she perhaps of murdered him? “No she couldn’t have” Grace muttered to herself.
The next morning once Mrs Jones had left for work Grace sneaked back into Mrs Jones room. Grace had planned this all night. She was going to sneak in and see if she could find anything that could help find out what had happened to Mr Jones. Once inside the room she quietly sneaked into the bathroom. While entering the bathroom, Grace had almost tripped over. She looked down at the floor to see a puddle of blood on the floor. Grace was stunned and nervous. Why was there blood all over the floor? Even though Grace was terrified she still went further in. Once she’d reached the bathroom she saw the same corpse of Mr Jones that she had seen before. After searching for almost half an hour she gave up since Mrs Jones was probably going to be back at any time now. Grace got up to leave and went back to her bedroom.
10 minutes later Mrs Jones came back. Once Grace had heard the door close she had heard footsteps coming towards her room, then there was a knock on the door. “Come In!” Grace had silently yelled but loud enough for Mrs Jones to hear. Mrs Jones came in “ I’m making dinner soon, it’ll be done in 20 minutes so make sure you’re down by then.” Mrs Jones said and left. Once she had left Grace got up and made her way downstairs. When Grace reached downstairs Mrs Jones was sitting at the dinner table smiling waiting for her. In Front of her were two plates of meat. Grace sat in front of Mrs Jones and started eating. After taking a couple bites Grace had noticed the food tasted strange. Grace glanced up at Mrs Jones to see that she hadn’t taken a single bite of her food. “Aren’t you going to eat?” Grace asked, confused. “I’m not hungry right now.” “Why did you make a plate for yourself then?” Grace asked “I made it for myself then realized I didn’t want it. I’ll just put it in the refrigerator and have it another time.” Mrs Jones replied. Over the months Mrs Jones and Grace bonded really well.
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