A Quiet Place to Die

Category: Thriller

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

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 garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.

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.

Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.

The map was old, its edges frayed, but the path it showed was unmistakable.

The end.

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