A Deadly Game of Scrabble: Marriage, Malice, and Metaphor
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The Deadly Scrabble Match
A Hot Sunday Afternoon
This story details a couple playing Scrabble in their home on a hot Sunday afternoon. The husband, who harbors deep hatred for his wife, uses the game for a different, malicious purpose.
The Game Begins
The husband has a bad habit of chewing on the tiles. He starts chewing the letter 'U'.
- The husband plays the word BEGIN.
- The wife plays JINXED.
He plays the word WARMER, approaching the window.
- The wife plays SWEATIER.
The husband is getting sweatier; he needs water. He plays HUMID (with the 'U' he chewed).
- The woman plays FAN. She rises to fill the kettle and turn on the air conditioning.
The husband plays ZAPS, and the wife receives an electric shock.
- The woman plays READY.
- He plays CHEATING.
- But she chooses to play IGNORE.
Her husband hates her even more. The next day, the husband tries to find a way to get rid of her.
The Fatal Consequences
He plays EXPLODES. As he puts the last letter down, there is a bang, and the air conditioning unit fails. He realizes that all words have real meaning.
She decides to play SIGN. The husband feels he has to test this word. He starts chewing the 'B' tile and plays FLY. Immediately, a bee appears, buzzing above the Scrabble board.
- She plays CAUTION.
- He plays QUAKE.
But just as the room starts shaking, the woman plays DEATH. The letter 'B', which her husband chewed, lodges in his throat. He cannot cough and dies. He falls to the ground, and the woman is there, watching.
The Nightmare and the Aftermath
One of the windows opens a bit. The door begins to open and close. A few minutes pass until the man begins to tremble. This trembling is repeated every two minutes.
A woman walks in circles, looking happy with what she sees.
The man wakes up from the nightmare he was having. He wakes the woman and tells her about his nightmare. She replied that she was dreaming that they were both in a green field with harmless bees, playing Scrabble, and she was winning, of course!
He panics. Fainting and seizures begin again. His wife yells, "Call 911!"
A bee enters through the window. It enters the woman's mouth. She dies. He was already dead.
A Final Reflection
They loved each other and will continue to love each other, because life is like a game, and for every "Game Over," there is always a "Play Again."