Punishment

She stands behind a pane of broken glass, laughing at me. There are even more stones by her feet.

"You're insane!" I yell at her, the fearing climbing out of my stomach and into my words, "You're destroying your own house!"

She pauses her demolition to smile at me. Her loose hair and white nightgown make her look like a child amongst the glass. I'm afraid that she'll cut her bare feet on the shards. I realize that this all for my benefit. She'll destroy herself to punish me for leaving her.

"I always wanted it this way," she says.