Silent Witness
Category: Thriller
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.
A knock at the door changed everything.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
The end.