His Mail Order Bride
he announces in his cold, dead voice, leaving a chilling threat hanging in the air.
I freeze, the words he uttered hanging in the air like a poisonous fog. My heart skips a beat, its rhythm faltering for a moment. The nerve of this man! The room suddenly feels suffocating, and I can feel a cold sweat forming on my forehead, my breath turning shallow. Tears spring in my eyes, unbidden and unwelcome and no matter how hard I try to blink them back, it doesn't work and before long, they're streaming down my cheeks, my lips trembling.