Disclaimer – The Crucible doesn't belong to me. If it did, you can be sure I wouldn't be writing fanfiction.
A/N – This was written as an English mini-impromptu after reading the Crucible. Any reviews are welcome. Flames will be used by John to burn Abby at the stake.
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John. To the end, he loved me. Would that I had trusted him, that I had not forced him to Abigail. Would that I had said goodbye in that moment before he left for the scaffold. He condemned himself in my defense, trying to undo his mistakes made with Abby. Did he hope to leave a god example behind for our sons? I would be proud of them if they became half the man he was.
Abigail. What a heart of stone must she have, to condemn the innocent to death for her own amusement. She claimed to love John, but what love is it that forced her to kill him, to speak not one word in his defense? She would have taken her vengeance out on me as well, leaving the children orphaned. How selfish she was, that she would have my husband, or make it so that no one ever would. Does she claim to be tormented by spirits? They are shadows of those she has killed, come back to haunt her for her crimes. May John's be foremost among them.