The Beheaded Lover



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                 As the seasons started to change, the expecting mother gazed out the front windows of  the living room. The couple had lived at 1861 Briar Wood Drive over 10 years.  The house was old with wood floors that creaked and huge maple trees in the front that swayed when the wind would blow.   She watched the school children walk by kicking the freshly cut grass off of the sidewalk.  She wondered what her life would be like when her baby arrived.  Diane looked at the clock and began to feel lonely.  Her husband, Stephan, was supposed to be home three hours ago.  Due to his rigorous work schedule at the military base, the couple had grown apart. 
        Diane had filed for divorce several times before, but Stephan promised her that this time it would be different.  As Diane waited on the couch, she realized that things were not going to change.  The phone rang, and Diane answered hoping it would be her husband.  To her surprise it was Gregory.  Gregory was a friend of the couples and worked with Stephan years prior to his marriage with Diane.  Diane had become very close to Gregory over the past year and loved to have long conversations about everyday events.  Soon their conversations became more than friendly visits.  Diane had fallen in love with Gregory and found herself pregnant months later.  Stephan did not know that the baby was not his.  Later in the week Diane decided to go and visit a girlfriend for the weekend. 
        Stephan came home from work that Saturday night and found his wife's diary on the bed.  Feeling guilty for not spending enough time with his wife, he decided to read in order to find out her true feelings.  To his shock Diane had wrote about her love affair with Gregory.  The following week Diane was hospitalized due to her pregnancy.  Diane had also filed for divorce the week before she went out of town.  Stephan wanted to confront his wife on his findings.  Diane admitted to having an affair with Gregory in their house.  She also told him that the child was not his, but Gregory's. 
        Stephan rushed out of the room.  He searched for Gregory and found him in a nearby phone booth talking to Diane!  Stephan pulled out a knife and stabbed Gregory several times and then cut off his head.  He grabbed a gym bag out of his truck and stuffed the head into it.  His shirt was stained with blood, but he was like a machine, not caring about anything at this point.  He rushed into Diane's hospital room and told Diane that she could sleep with Gregory forever in their house now! 
        As he said those words, he pulled out Gregory's decapitated head and placed it in Diane's lap.  Blood was everywhere.  Diane screamed at the top of her lungs in disbelief.  Soon the doctors came into the room and found Stephan sitting on the end of Diane's bed forcing her to look at the bloody head.  Stephan was convicted of murder in the first degree, court-martialed, and sentenced to serve one life sentence.  Gregory paid the ultimate price for messing around with another man's wife. 



THIS STORY IS 100 % TRUE!!!!



           Author's Notes

    When I wrote this story, I wanted it to be as real as possible.  The character names are real as well as the hospital setting. I did add the description of the house to the story.  The original story did not discuss the house setting.  The original story did not have as much detail, but almost everything in this story was accurate. 
      I wanted to include a story like this in my story book for two reasons: it was a true story and I do not believe in affairs.  I do not think that someone should be killed, but I do think that this situation stresses the seriousness of an affair.  I also think that the situation could have been avoided if Diane would have divorced Stephan much earlier than she did.


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