The Inheritance
Category: Thriller
He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the waves crashing below.
The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
A knock at the door changed everything.
The end.