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The Gardener’s Daughter
Category: Romance
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
The train pulled out of the station with a long, mournful whistle.
A knock at the door changed everything.
He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the waves crashing below.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
The end.