No Way Out
Category: Thriller
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
The morning light filtered through the curtains, painting the room in soft gold.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
The end.