It had been such a simple task, no sooner had he entered the room and delicately given his wife a last single kiss had he ended her life in an act of mercy and desperation.
There was no pride or relief to be had however. Just the dull confirmation he was alone to bare the weight of this burden, to suffer in the damnation it would later provide.
The house was quiet without her hacking coughs that rattled within her chest and lungs with each wheezing breath, the disease that maimed her body had been cruel and un merciless in its ravaging attack. "Mary?" Came the first words uttered through cracked lips, spoken in a loud croak of dismay. There was no reply. "Please, forgive me.." The words were solemn and low, void of life or even a fragment of happiness.
The tears fell smoothly down his cheeks as the limp form was raised from the bed with a creak that pierced the tension in the air like a dagger, the only words spoken were desperate and pained as with lumbering footsteps he carried his wife over the threshold and in the dead of the night headed towards the car.