Blood bubbled from the smooth parted lips of the dying woman. Her hair was a dark knotted tussled mess, while her aged skin was spattered with red freckles. A moaned gurgle sounded deep in her throat as blood pooled in her lungs.

        A figure loomed over her body that was oddly positioned in the bathtub. Water streamed down from the shower head, drumming onto the dying figure taking away what air she could grasp.

        In the dim light the woman could not make out the figure that bent down beside the tub's edge. Panic stricken more bubbles dribbled from her mouth in an attempt to scream, to warn her husband that sleep down the hall. The gloved hand trailed its fingertips down along her bare leg until reaching the latch if the drain. 

        "Rest well in your eternal sleep mother," a harsh whisper spoke as the latch lifted enclosing the water. "I want you to pay for all the pain you gave me... all the pain you both caused." 

        All mothers should know her children, though this mother it took time. Too much time. The warm water licked at her skin as it prowled higher. Paralyzed from blood loss she was too weak to move.

        The figure stood content with the work of the water. She watched it step to the bathrooms door frame, only taking one glance back at her bare and bloody figure before hitting the light switch off completely. She was left to die in the dark with fading memories taunting her until there was nothing─