Starship Horizon
Category: Sci-Fi
The train pulled out of the station with a long, mournful whistle.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
A knock at the door changed everything.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
The end.