A Stranger in my Home - Art Prompt Writing Contest


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On that cold night Victoria walked to the pier where she had often gone with her father, in the distance she observed a man standing at the end of the dock smoking a cigarette, he removed the chain that prevented the passage, he seemed nervous.

After a few minutes the man left and Victoria felt relieved, she wanted to be alone with her memories, her father had just died and she needed time to think and perhaps move on. Since her mother had abandoned them when she was little, her father decided they should move out of their hometown, in fact, she had never seen her other relatives again. She felt very alone and like she had no one to support her in these difficult moments.

After the funeral Victoria continued with her daily routine, her work as a teacher kept her very busy, her children, as she called them, were very naughty and demanded a lot of attention. That afternoon after work she walked to a coffee shop near her house, sitting at a table was the man she had seen on the dock, she remembered how attractive he had seemed, and to her surprise the man approached her.

-Hello, I remind you of the pier, my name is Peter.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Victoria"

"Can I invite you a coffee? I'd like to meet you", Peter asked.

"Sure," replied Victoria, who was captivated by Peter's smile.

They talked for a long time, Peter told her that his wife had died recently and that he did not know many people in the city since he had moved there a few months ago. Victoria also told him about her father's death and how she felt, both had a lot in common and agreed to see each other the next day.

Every day Peter and Victoria met and chatted about their lives, they started dating and shortly after they made the decision to live together. Victoria was happy and very much in love, she felt loved and wanted by Peter, he was a very protective man and pleased all her tastes, always surprised her with a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

One night while they were having dinner Peter noticed that a man sitting near the table they shared did not take his eyes off her, Peter got angry and started a fight with man, Victoria had never seen him so aggressive. When they arrived at the apartment, he complained about her short dress and from that moment he told her that she should never wear it again. Victoria loved him so much that she justified his actions.

Shortly after meeting Peter, he took her to the beach and asked Victoria under the stars, "do you want to marry me?", she very surprised but excited accepted the proposal and they passionately kissed, she had never been so happy. Victoria quickly started preparing for the wedding, wanted to get married as soon as possible.

On the day of the wedding Victoria put on her beautiful white dress, when she was about to go to church, they knocked on the door and heard them say: Open the door, it's the police. The officer told her that they were looking for Peter since he was guilty of a murder, he had killed his wife and thrown her body into the river, the evidence incriminated him. Victoria did not leave her amazement, the man she loved was a complete stranger, she had trusted him and he had lied to her, everything was a farce.

After his arrest Victoria understood many things, Peter was a very jealous and possessive man, he was able to kill when he did not have control over his partner. That night on the dock when she saw it for the first time, he had just thrown the body of his wife into the river and maybe she would have been his next victim.

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