After Sundown by Mark Morris

Author:Mark Morris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense, supernatural, thriller, horror; gothic fantasy, dark fantasy, creepy stories
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
Published: 2020-09-21T17:39:23+00:00

The Importance of Oral Hygiene

Robert Shearman

I have been trying to write to you for some little while now, but every time I do it comes out wrong. But time is of the essence, I fear it may already be too late – and so however this letter turns out, I will send it – I shall bite the bullet, let the words fall where they will. And even now I can tell, with all this circuitous preamble, still I am putting off getting to the heart of the matter, and I must push on. I must concentrate, although concentration is such a hard thing for me nowadays. And I had not realised what a fine thing presence of mind can be until I had squandered it forever.

I urge you to read on. I do not presume to offer advice. Not advice, and not judgement neither. I fear you may be in grave danger. And you will understand that in my heart of hearts I truly care not that you are in danger, at times I would rejoice to see all manner of dreadful fates befall you, damn you, I say, damn you. But I think and hope and believe that I am a good Christian woman. In spite of all I have done. In spite of all I have become.

And still I labour the point…! Let me, at last, be blunt.

Point One. I believe that you are in love with my husband. Point Two. Moreover, I believe he is in love with you. Point Three. Moreover still, I believe you have already enjoyed certain carnal pleasures with each other. Point Four (and this may be the most important Point). I know what form these carnal pleasures will have taken, and to what depths they will proceed if left unchecked, and the thought fills me with nausea. For my own jealous sake, naturally, but also, and I hope you can trust me, so very much for yours.

You must not see him again. You must break it off. When you have read this letter, I advise you immediately to pack your things. I advise you to tell your husband, if you have one, that you want to leave this town. Insist on it if you must. Because it is the only way you can be sure to put Crispin behind you. And then burn this letter, so it will never fall into the wrong hands, and cause such scandal to your reputation (and to mine, I suppose, but what of that, really, what of that now?).

I repeat – I do not judge you. I would say, there but for the grace of God go I. But I have gone, haven’t I? I have been, and I have wallowed in it, and I suspect God had really very little to do with the matter.

The man we love is sweet and even-tempered, for all that he trades in pain. But I fear the consequences of his finding this, and what actions he might be obliged to take against us both.

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