Stars and Dust

Category: Sci-Fi

She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.

She had learned long ago not to trust promises.

There were stories told of this place, and none of them ended well.

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

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

She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.

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

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

The end.

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