No Way Out

Category: Thriller

She had learned long ago not to trust promises.

The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.

It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.

He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.

The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.

The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.

He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the waves crashing below.

He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.

The end.

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