Peter and the missus #8

Halloween!

The missus had a Halloween party at work towards the end of that week. The discussions at home went on and on but she could not decide on the costume.

That night after she was fast asleep, Peter woke up to apply weird make up on her face. He succeeded in doing it without waking her up and he was cheekily proud the work he had done. The missus was going to be frightened when she looked into the mirror – after all the years, what a chance that would be!

He was awake and ready earlier than ever to heartily witness it. When the missus woke up he was waiting. He controlled his laughter as she walked around the house unaware of the haunted look she wore. He was waiting for the moment.

Unlike the other days when she went straight to the mirror in the morning, the missus just continued from where she left the conversation the previous night. Peter’s patience was wearing off. And when the missus asked, "What do you think I should do?" he pounced on the opportunity

"You don’t have to do anything extra! Just look into the mirror." Peter said without thinking it through.

"How dare you say that?!" the missus asked – well, shrieked!

"Ermmm…" Peter stammered. It was a little too late when realized his poor choice of words.

Though there are different versions of what happened next, Peter still maintains that there was no violence involved. But his colleagues at work say he has difficulty hearing things when spoken to from his right.



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