The Last Alibi
Category: Thriller
He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the waves crashing below.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
A cold wind swept across the plain, carrying with it the scent of distant rain.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
The end.