Short stories

The tree

A couple planted this tree some 50 years ago in hopes that one day their grandchildren could climb and enjoy their time at their house with their future family. They lived a happy life filled with love and joy. But what the husband didn't know was that his wife killed someone and hid the body under their tree of hope. She hoped instead not happy family like the husband but not to be caught as the body decayed the tree used it as nutrients it's grew strong and fast. What she didn't know was that the person she killed wasn't human. After a year she figured she got away with it. In the year of passing the poor family of the deceased finally found the culprit. And they wanted revenge. Then kidnapped her husband, killed him and planted a tree right next to the other and left a note to her saying "a tree for a tree" little did she know what they actually meant was a life for a life. 20 years later when both trees grew strong she lived in the same house missing her husband who suddenly disappeared. A knock was at the door. When she opened it there was a note that said "you killed my child so I took your husband a tree for a tree" she remembered the note she found on the tree the day her husband disappeared. She ran out to the second tree and fell to her knees at the base And cried. She didn't leave the tree no matter all the protests from others all she did was cry. That night the mother of the deceased came back and killed her as she sat against the tree...