The Inheritance
Category: Thriller
The morning light filtered through the curtains, painting the room in soft gold.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
A knock at the door changed everything.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
The end.