Trapped in a Box
he snapped.
I struggled, cried, and pleaded, but it was no use. I curled up in the small wooden box, my body breaking, blood staining the floor beneath me.
A week later, he and his first love returned from their trip, planning to let me out. I was already dead and suffocated—a cold corpse.
...
It was cold outside, yet the room reeked of decay. I had been dead for a week when the door finally opened.
The foul stench made Elaine stop in her tracks. "Oh my god, what is that smell?" she asked, covering her nose in disgust.