“Do you remember what happened?” the officer pressed.
It was their wedding anniversary. He’d worked late the night before and overslept. She spent the day seething while he lay in bed blissfully asleep.
The knife was already in his heart when the doorbell rang, the delivery boy apologizing profusely for being late.
“The flower food will bring them right back, promise,” he said, flapping the square packet.
When the police arrived, the vase the bouquet came in was shattered on the floor. The roses were as dead as he was.
The officer placed her in handcuffs. “Guess you should’ve waited.”
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