Acrimony

prologue

The floorboards creaked under each step the battered woman made. She limped down a large flight of stairs which led to an open foyer. Her wet hair roped down her face and met her tear soaked and mascara covered eye lids. She ran for the door, which was no more than seven feet away from her. However, before she was able to get to her freedom, a mysterious force grabbed her legs and dragged her up the stairs. Her head smashing violently into each individual stair, leaving a trail of blood behind her. Finally her mysterious captor stopped, leaving her body limp against a door. The woman, tried to scream but only the sound of her breath escaped her lips. In the distance she could hear the sound of footsteps drawing near. She began to panic even more, until suddenly from out of no where music began to play. The Patsy Cline version of "Your Cheating Heart" filled the silence, echoing through the emptied mansion.

The woman attempted to lift herself off the ground, but every muscle and bone in her body did not comply. Suddenly the door behind her opened, and she fell backwards into the room, landing face up. She was paralyzed with fear and completely unable to move from her vulnerable position. The footsteps continued and this time grew even closer. The music in the background taunted her with lyrics of infidelity and fate, and it was at this moment she knew, her own infidelity was coming to haunt her. And with that the footsteps stopped, and a large boot covered foot, smashed into the woman's face. Behind her was a tall mirror, and on it the word, "whore" written in the woman's blood.